GBP/CAD reclaims the 1.7200 figure as oil-prices fall amid a risk-on market mood

prices which weighed on the latter, as US crude oil benchmark WTI slid under the $90.00 per barrel.

The GBP/CAD narrative lies on the central bank divergence. In the last two meetings, the Bank of England hiked 40 bps and left bank rates at 0.50%. Meanwhile, on its last monetary policy, the Bank of Canada chose to keep rates unchanged, even though STIR markets priced in an 80% chance of increasing rates from 0.25% to 0.50%.

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