US Feb Retail Sales (MoM) up to 1.1% vs 0.2% (Jan)

The USD/CAD has been rising steadfastly ahead of the Retail Sales data in the US. Having traded in a relatively narrow consolidation earlier today, the pair has now broken higher in recent minutes to settle at 1.0276/77 at the time of writing – at this point the cross is operating +0.15% above its opening.