1.   A slump in precious metal prices also weighed on the currency today, as traders sold metals along with Australian dollars, Stapleton said.

2.   Canadian stocks are expected to decline as lower bullion prices depress gold shares and weaker bond prices weigh on bank stocks, traders and analysts said.

3.   Canadian stocks are expected to open lower as declining spot gold prices weigh on shares of bullion producers, analysts said.

4.   Canadian stocks fell for the fourth consecutive day as slumping commodity prices weighed on shares of gold and metal producers.

5.   Conversely, rising imports prices weigh on companies that buy raw materials from abroad.

6.   Declining bullion prices also weighed gold shares.

7.   Higher fuel prices weighed on shares of air transport companies.

8.   Lower bond prices often weigh on the dollar because foreign investors selling bonds often convert the dollar proceeds into other currencies.

9.   Lower bond prices weigh on the dollar because foreign investors selling U.S. assets frequently convert the dollar proceeds into other currencies.

10.   Peruvian stocks fell for the eighth time in nine sessions, reaching an eight-month low, as weak metal prices weigh on mining stocks.