The Canadian dollar ranked among the worst performers in currency markets today as risk aversion influenced commodities and equities trading, which are strongly related to the loonie’s rates as weak economic data in the country also influenced the confidence towards Canada’s currency.

The dollar gained today versus most of the 16 main traded currencies as China tightened its lending restrictions, raising risk aversion in foreign-exchange markets affecting high-yielding currencies the most, as investors search for safer bets.

The British currency had a favorable performance today versus multiple key-currencies today, beating the euro and the Swiss franc as the country starts to show more evident signs of recovery, attracting investors back to the U.K.

The Swiss currency finally felt the central bankers pressure and declined considerably versus most of its main trading partners’ currencies, on speculations that measures will be taken by the financial authorities to avoid the franc to gain.

The euro tumbled today versus most of the key-currencies in Europe after Germany published an important economic confidence report with worse-than-expected data, declining attractiveness for the single currency as some of its member countries struggle with a growing budget deficit.

The Canadian dollar fell today after the nation’s central bank left interest rates unchanged at an all time record low, declining rate hikes speculations despite the favorable economic data published in Canada during the past few weeks.

The Swiss franc gained versus several key-currencies today despite the nation’s central bank concerns regarding the strength of its currency, which already was expressed previously in statements mentioning eventual future interventions to halt the franc’s rally.

After a week of losses versus most of the main traded currencies in foreign-exchange markets, the Brazilian real advanced today fueled by a positive performance in commodities and equities markets.

The U.K. currency profited today from an increase in the nation’s house prices, fueling even further speculations that the recession might be ending in Britain, attracting investors to purchase pound-priced assets in a day of bullish equities markets in London.

The Canadian dollar started another week trading high versus its U.S. counterpart as markets that influence its rates rallied in the start of this week, specially energetic and metallic commodities, before tomorrow’s interest rate decision in the North American nation.