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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ up but pares some gains after factory data disappoints

Published 2017-12-15, 09:34 a/m
Updated 2017-12-15, 09:40 a/m
© Reuters.  CANADA FX DEBT-C$ up but pares some gains after factory data disappoints

© Reuters. CANADA FX DEBT-C$ up but pares some gains after factory data disappoints

* Canadian dollar at C$1.2787, or 78.20 U.S. cents

* Canadian manufacturing sales fall 0.4 percent in October

* U.S. crude prices advance 0.6 percent

* Bond prices lower across a flatter yield curve

TORONTO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar edged higher against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as oil prices rose, but some of the currency's gains were pared after domestic data showed a surprise drop in factory sales.

Manufacturing sales fell 0.4 percent in October, pulled down by weak sales of autos and other transportation equipment, data from Statistics Canada indicated. Analysts had forecast a 0.8 percent increase. loonie got a boost on Thursday after Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said in a speech that the central bank was increasingly confident the economy will need less stimulus over time. The currency gave up some of those gains after dovish remarks by Poloz in a subsequent interview. crude prices CLc1 gained 0.6 percent to $57.4 a barrel, supported by a pipeline outage in the North Sea. Oil is one of Canada's major exports.

At 9:18 a.m. ET (1418 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading at C$1.2787 to the greenback, or 78.20 U.S. cents, up 0.1 percent. The currency traded in a range of C$1.2740 to C$1.2803.

On Thursday, it touched its strongest in more than one week at C$1.2713.

The U.S. dollar .DXY edged higher against a basket of major currencies as the United States Congress wrangled over a bill to change the tax code. than a quarter of Canadian firms could move part of their operations to the United States amid uncertainty over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the nation's export credit agency said on Friday. government bond prices were lower across a flatter yield curve, with the two-year CA2YT=RR down 3.5 Canadian cents to yield 1.566 percent and the 10-year CA10YT=RR falling 8 Canadian cents to yield 1.865 percent.

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