By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, March 31 – The Canadian dollar was up Monday morning, after a reading of Canada’s economy came in above expectations.
Canada’s GDP rose 0.5% in January, the largest gain in six months.
At 8:40 CDT Monday, the Canadian dollar was at US$0.9075 or US$=C$1.1019 which compares with Friday’s North American close of US $0.9042, or US$=C$1.1060.
The TSX was up 81.88 points Monday morning at 8:40 CDT, to sit at 14,260.72.
