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USD/CAD falls to the lowest level in three weeks under 1.3500

  • The Loonie outperforms during the American session.
  • WTI rebounds and approaches daily highs.
  • Wall Street trims losses, US yields print fresh highs.

The USD/CAD is hovering around 1.3510 after hitting at 1.3484, the lowest level in three weeks, amid an improvement in market sentiment. The Loonie is outperforming.

Technicals, oil and equities supporting CAD

The USD/CAD broke a relevant support area located at 1.3520 and accelerated the downside. If the pair manages to remain below, more losses under 1.3500 seems likely.

The Loonie is outperforming on Tuesday, supported not only by technical developments but also by higher crude oil prices. The WTI barrel is up by 1.41%, approaching the $81.00 area again.

In Wall Street, the stock market is off lows with the S&P 500 up by 0.31% as of writing, and the Nasdaq down by 0.80%, off lows. Volume remains low favoring uncoordinated moves.

Technical levels

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price1.3492
Today Daily Change-0.0112
Today Daily Change %-0.82
Today daily open1.3604
 
Trends
Daily SMA201.3593
Daily SMA501.3541
Daily SMA1001.3414
Daily SMA2001.3101
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1.3604
Previous Daily Low1.3604
Previous Weekly High1.3704
Previous Weekly Low1.3563
Previous Monthly High1.3808
Previous Monthly Low1.3226
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1.3604
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1.3604
Daily Pivot Point S11.3604
Daily Pivot Point S21.3604
Daily Pivot Point S31.3604
Daily Pivot Point R11.3604
Daily Pivot Point R21.3604
Daily Pivot Point R31.3604

Author

Matías Salord

Matías started in financial markets in 2008, after graduating in Economics. He was trained in chart analysis and then became an educator. He also studied Journalism. He started writing analyses for specialized websites before joining FXStreet.

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