After the release of the block statistics from the U.S. and Canada, USD / CAD weakened by 20 points. As a result, the USD / CAD went into negative territory, updating an intraday low of C $ 0.9845 (-0.12%).

In December, started construction in the U.S. has reached 0.954 million vs. 0.890 million building permits totaled 0.903 million, in line with expectations. Claiming the benefit for the b / p dropped to 335 thousand vs. 365 thousand in Canadian portfolio investment in Canadian securities (in November) reached $ 5.62 million versus expectations of $ 9.45 million