(Updates for market exercise and analyst quote in paragraph 3)
Canadian greenback weakens 0.5% towards the dollar
Touches a one-month low at 1.4541
Worth of oil settles practically 2% decrease
2-year yield falls 8 foundation factors
TORONTO, March 3 (Reuters) – The Canadian greenback weakened to a one-month low towards its U.S. counterpart on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned that tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into impact on Tuesday, denting hopes of one other reprieve.
The loonie was buying and selling 0.5% decrease at 1.4535 per U.S. greenback, or 68.80 U.S. cents, after touching its weakest intraday stage since February 3 at 1.4541.
“As not too long ago as an hour in the past, markets had assumed that tariffs wouldn’t be imposed, or that they might be dramatically watered down,” Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Corpay, mentioned in a notice. Trump mentioned that there was no probability for Mexico or Canada to stop 25% tariffs from taking impact on Tuesday, sending monetary markets reeling on the prospect of recent financial limitations in North America.
Implementation of the tariffs had beforehand been pushed again by a month. Canada sends about 75% of its exports to the US, together with oil.
U.S. crude oil futures settled practically 2% decrease at $68.37 a barrel on reviews OPEC will proceed with a deliberate oil output improve in April and on worries {that a} commerce conflict may damage the worldwide economic system. The S&P World Canada Manufacturing Buying Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 47.8 from 51.6 in January, its first transfer beneath the 50.0 no-change mark since August, as an unsure commerce outlook led to corporations turning probably the most pessimistic for the reason that begin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadian bond yields fell throughout the curve as traders raised bets on a Financial institution of Canada rate of interest lower this month.
The two-year was down 8 foundation factors at 2.493%, its lowest stage since February 3. (Reporting by Fergal Smith in Toronto; Modifying by Nia Williams)
