Canadian Dollar

Canadian dollar: The resource-sensitive loonie was off 0.08 of a cent to 90.22 cents US with losses limited by sharp run-ups in oil and gold prices, according to CTV. "Risk appetite is extremely muted as we begin the start of a new week, largely predicated on continued tensions in Ukraine," said Mark Chandler, head of Canadian FIC Strategy at RBC Dominion Securities and - The Canadian dollar closed slightly lower Monday even as traders flocked to the perceived safe haven of the American dollar after Russia occupied Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. Russia calls the move into Crimea a necessary protection for the country's citizens living there. There are worries that Russia might seek to expand its control by seizing other parts of eastern Ukraine. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.