Investing.com - Canadian manufacturing sales rose more than expected in August, official data showed on Wednesday.
In a report, Statistics Canada said that Canadian manufacturing sales increased to seasonally adjusted 1.6%, from a negative 2.6% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected Canadian manufacturing sales to fall -0.1% last month.
After the report, USD/CAD was trading at 1.2515 compared to 1.2527 prior. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies, was at 93.52 compared to 93.54 right before the data.