加元币值在星期三早上降到5年半来的最低水平。交易商继续回避高风险的资产而购入美元，促使加元下跌百分之0.49分至87.96美分。

加拿大皇家银行多美年证券部FIC战略投资的负责人马克·钱德勒说：“现在所有的目光都再次集中在以石油市场为主的多个市场的风险上。石油价格的疲软正在蔓延至全加拿大，很令人讨厌”。

加元本来就对商品市场很敏感，因此受到石油价格的影响较大。在国际能源机构下调了石油需求增长预估五分之一后，十一月份交割的原油合约价格大幅下跌，星期三早上的价格再降54美分，降到每桶81.3美元。

Stocks tumble again, Canadian dollar plumbs five-year depths on oil price collapse （Globe and mail)

North American stocks plunged today as the Canadian dollar plumbed depths not seen in about five years.

The S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average and Toronto's S&P/TSX composite all tumbled, following European markets down as investors fret over the state of the global economy. Toronto stocks were already in correction territory yesterday, having marked a 10-per-cent drop from their September peak.