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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Forex-Canadian dollar firms as BoC cuts rates

The Canadian dollar firmed against most currencies in volatile trade, after the Bank of Canada cut interest rates a quarter point, compared with some market speculation of a half-point reduction.

However, the currency's gains were limited as the central bank also gave a heavy hint of further loosening to come.

At 14.20 GMT the US dollar was a touch weaker against its Canadian counterpart, at 1.0320 cad from around 1.0345 just before the announcement.

The Canadian dollar was also firming against the euro, pound and yen.

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