Loonie advances before Bernanke testimony

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Source: Bloomberg
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The Canadian the currency snapped two days of declines versus U.S. Dollar on bets the Fed's Chairman Bernanke could state that they are in no rush to wind down monetary stimulus programme. Canada's currency strengthened 0.6% to C$1.0369 per U.S. Dollar as of 5 p.m. Toronto time and one Canadian Dollar buys 94.44 U.S. cents.

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