Rising oil helps push loonie higher

The Winnipeg Free Press.com reports that the loonie closed higher today, driven up by higher oil prices,

The story is quoted as saying:

The loonie was supported by oil prices which shook off early losses as the February crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained $1.03 to US$91.51 a barrel, a day after crude closed above US$90 a barrel for the first time since October 2008 

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