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The Canadian dollar edged lower against the U.S. dollar as oil fell more than 2% on coronavirus concerns about travel and fuel demand in China. The loonie had been pressured earlier by the Bank of Canada holding rates at 1.75%.
Oil weakness from virus-related demand worries lowers energy prices, which can feed through to biofuel and freight costs for feed markets.
marketscreener.comMarketScreenerJan 24, 2020After 565 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -5.9% to +3.0%), and -0.5% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Oil fell over 2% on Jan 24 on virus-related travel and fuel demand worries, confirming the downward move within the window.
