-- Scotiabank said the Canadian dollar is rebounding from recent weakness, supported by seasonal factors and positioning, despite earlier pressure from risk aversion and a stronger US dollar. USD/CAD was last seen around 1.3612.
The CAD's correlation with crude oil prices has been negative through the duration of the Iran conflict so far, the bank noted.
"Instead, the CAD's mediocre performance through late March when spot peaked just below 1.40 reflected risk aversion and the broader bid for the USD," said Shaun Osborne, chief FX strategist at Scotiabank.
"USDCAD became severely overvalued (by our estimate of short-term spot equilibrium) through early April. But the combination of a very cheap CAD, the willingness of USD hedgers to take full advantage of gains towards 1.40 to sell and CAD-bullish seasonality in April (consistently the CAD's strongest month of the year versus the USD since the 1970s) is driving a steady rebound in the CAD," added Osborne.
Scotiabank continues to target a 1.33 spot rate by year-end.