Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.: The resource-heavy SaP/TSX composite index edged up 2.98 points to 14,302.06, according to The Star. Data released Monday from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. showed the pace of housing starts picked up in February. Starts rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 192,094, up from 180,481 in January, and represented the first month-over-month increase since October and The Toronto stock market closed little changed, pressured by mining stocks that fell alongside commodities amid weak Chinese trade data. The weak economic data from overseas, coupled with Fridays poor employment report, pushed the Canadian dollar down 0.09 of a cent to 90.08 cents U.S. . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.