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Canadian dollar faces uncertainty around Cyprus debt woe developments
Canadian dollars (loonies) are pictured in Vancouver Sept. 22, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was slightly higher Friday as Cypriot lawmakers inched towards a plan they hope will qualify the country for a bailout package.
The Canadian dollar rose 0.09 of a cent to end at 97.72 cents US.
The small Mediterranean island has until Monday to etch out a plan to raise 5.8 billion euros to qualify for 10 billion euros in rescue loans from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund.
Late Friday, Cyprus lawmakers approved key bills aimed at securing a broader bailout package.
Cyprus' president Nicos Anastasiades will travel to Brussels on Saturday to present the plan to the country's prospective creditors, its fellow eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund, though he has no reassurance that they will accept it.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he plans to eliminate Canada's deficit before 2015 in the federal budget Thursday.
He also unveiled tighter rules for financial institutions that will restrict their ability to insure portfolios of conventional mortgages, those with over 20 per cent householder equity, to only those used in Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. securitization programs.
In commodities, the April crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $1.26 to settle at US$93.71 a barrel.
Gold stocks were lower as April bullion fell $7.70 to end at US$1,606.10 an ounce. The May copper contract gained 3.1 cents to US$3.466 a pound.
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