Canadian currency falls on European worries

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Lonnie depreciated on Friday, extending its five consecutive day drop, biggest in 6 weeks on investor speculation that Europe is not doing very well on taming its debt crisis. Canadian dollar lost 0.3% to C$1.0380 on Friday evening trade. Loonie's weekly depreciation reached 2.1%. Currently USD/CAD is trading at C$1.0380.

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Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:58:37 GMT

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