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Canadian dollar gains as U.S. bond yields retreat - REUTERS

OCTOBER 14, 2021

(Adds strategist quotes and details throughout; updates prices)

    * Canadian dollar strengthens 0.2% against the greenback
    * Loonie trades in a range of 1.2431 to 1.2478
    * Price of U.S. oil settles 0.3% lower
    * Canadian 2-year yield touches its highest since March 2020

    By Fergal Smith
    TORONTO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened
against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as a pullback in U.S.
bond yields weighed on the greenback,  but gains for the loonie
stopped short of its strongest intraday level in two months the
day before.
    The loonie        was trading 0.2% higher at 1.2440 to the
greenback, or 80.39 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of
1.2431 to 1.2478.    
    The loonie is "benefiting from broad U.S. dollar sales on
the back of weak (U.S. bond) yields," said Erik Bregar, an
independent FX analyst.
    The U.S. dollar        eased back from a one-year high as
longer-dated Treasury yields fell despite U.S. inflation data
that showed prices rose solidly in September, advancing
expectations for Federal Reserve tightening.             
    Treasury yields have mostly been climbing since last month.
    Moves in commodity markets added to support for the loonie,
Bregar said.
    Oil        settled 0.3% lower at $80.44 a barrel after
recouping much of its earlier decline, while copper        was
up nearly 4%. Canada is a major producer of both.
    On Tuesday, the loonie touched its strongest level since
July 30 at 1.2430 as the gap widened between Canadian and U.S.
bond yields.
    The wider gap comes after data on Friday showed that Canada
had added back all the jobs it lost during the pandemic, which
could cement further cutting of the Bank of Canada's bond
purchase program at an interest rate announcement on Oct. 27.   
       
    The Canadian 2-year yield            on Wednesday touched
its highest level since March 2020 at 0.802% before dipping to
0.789%, up 4.2 basis points on the day.
    The gap between Canadian and U.S. 2-year yields widened 2.6
basis points to 42.5 basis points in favor of the Canadian bond,
its widest since January 2015, while the 10-year spread was 3.3
basis points wider at 7.5 basis points.

 (Reporting by Fergal Smith; Editing by Andrea Ricci and Peter
Cooney)

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