USD/CAD fell further on August 7 than any of five other assets moved in either direction, even as the five-year Government of Canada yield that prices mortgage renewals gave back most of an early spike to net roughly two basis points by late morning. Gold pushed toward a two-month high the same day, a move tied more to reduced Federal Reserve rate hike odds than to Strait of Hormuz headlines, while WTI eased toward a weekly loss of more than 9%.
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