TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose on Friday while U.S. markets drove further into record territory, as investors digested labour data on both sides of the border.
“It was mixed economic data because Canadian numbers, they came in weaker than expected, so it could mean that the economy is levelling off a bit,” said Ainsley Mackie, portfolio manager at Verecan Capital Management.
“In the States, the data surprised us … with stronger-than-expected growth and fewer layoffs. It could be potentially pointing at a more stable U.S. economy, and this was the first two months in a row in the U.S. in the last year that we
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