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EU Session Analysis for CFD Instruments 20/02/2026
Fundamental analysis
20 February, 2026
In Asian trading, the US Dollar was flat against the Canadian Dollar, trading above 1.3600 levels.
The USD/CAD currency pair remained close to its opening price in the Asian session, as higher oil prices continued to lend support to the commodity linked Loonie against a firm dollar. In Canada, Retail Sales data for December (-0.5 exp) will be released at (13:30 GMT). In the US, Global Services PMI (53.0 exp) and Global Manufacturing PMI data for February (52.4) will be released (14:45 GMT).
