Following the release of Canada housing starts data for June at 8:15 am ET Thursday, the loonie showed mixed performance against its major rivals. While the loonie slipped against the aussie, it changed little against the yen, greenback and the euro.

The loonie was trading at 1.2687 against the greenback, 1.4024 against the euro, 95.75 against the yen and 0.9470 against the aussie around 8:19 am ET.

Canada new housing price index for May is due at 8:30 am ET.

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