Loonie at 74.46 U.S. cents
weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates weighed on investor sentiment and domestic data showed housing starts fell more than expected in March.
The price of oil, one of Canada’s major exports, was down 1.60 per cent at $79.57 a barrel, as potential Fed tightening that could slow growth outweighed strong Chinese economic data and falling U.S. inventories. Canadian housing starts fell 11 per cent in March to 213,865 units from a revised 240,927 in February, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation said. Economists had expected starts to fall to 237,800.
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