USD/CAD recovers modestly to 1.2800 as oil pares early gains

USD/CAD erased a small portion of daily losses in early American session.
US Dollar Index stays in the negative territory on Tuesday.
WTI trades virtually unchanged on the day near $70.60.

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

After rising to a fresh monthly high of 1.2896 on Monday, the USD/CAD pair reversed its direction and dropped to a daily low of 1.2740 on Tuesday. In the early American session, however, the pair staged a modest rebound and was last seen losing 0.22% on the day at 1.2795.

USD struggles to find demand as mood improves

Following a three-day drop, crude oil prices turned north on the back of improving sentiment on Tuesday and the barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose to $71.50 area during the European trading hours before losing its bullish momentum. Currently, WTI is virtually unchanged on the day at $70.60, making it difficult for the commodity-related loonie to preserve its strength.

Nevertheless, the broad-based USD weakness is causing USD/CAD to stay in the negative territory. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which capitalized on safe-haven flows and advanced to 93.45 on Monday, was last seen posting small daily losses at 93.15.

The data from the US revealed on Tuesday that Housing Starts and Building Permits increased by 3.9% and 6%, respectively, in August but these figures failed to trigger a noticeable market reaction. On a negative note, the headline Regional Business Activity Index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey plunged to 9.6 in September from 39.1 in August.

In the meantime, Wall Street's main indexes opened modestly higher, not allowing the DXY to turn positive on the day.

Technical levels to watch for

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price	1.2792
Today Daily Change	-0.0034
Today Daily Change %	-0.27
Today daily open	1.2826

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2644
Daily SMA50	1.2606
Daily SMA100	1.2411
Daily SMA200	1.2524

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2896
Previous Daily Low	1.2751
Previous Weekly High	1.2774
Previous Weekly Low	1.2601
Previous Monthly High	1.2949
Previous Monthly Low	1.2453
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2841
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2807
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2753
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.268
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2608
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2898
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.297
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3043

Author

Eren Sengezer

FXStreet

As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

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