TORONTO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar climbed back above parity against the greenback on Wednesday after the U.S. ADP national employment report showed a much better than expected gain in private sector jobs for December.
Following the data, the currency
touched a high of
C$0.9966 to the U.S. dollar, or $1.0034, up from about
C$1.0011, or 99.89 U.S. cents just before the release.
(Reporting by Claire Sibonney; editing by Jeffrey Hodgson)
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