Unemployment Rate: Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada: The S P/TSX composite index climbed 73.1 points to 13,786.5, according to CTV. Statistics Canada said the economy created 29,400 jobs, far higher than the 20,000 that economists had been expecting, while the unemployment rate slid to 7.0 per cent from 7.2 per cent and - The Toronto stock market closed with a solid gain Friday as traders put the best face on American jobs data that widely missed forecasts. The loonie closed up 0.26 of a cent to 90.59 cents US amid strong Canadian employment gains in January. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.