The Canadian dollar rose against its counterparts on Friday, on improved appetite for risky assets, commodity currencies and stocks, despite the release of mixed economic data in Canada.
Data showed that Canadian foreign securities purchases index reached CAD$8.52 billion, while analysts forecast CAD$6.05 billion.
The Canadian wholesale sales index fell by 0.7% in March, lower than forecasts of a drop by 0.5%.
The Chinese economy grew 18.3% during the first quarter of 2021, in line with analysts' forecasts.
As of 15:27 GMT, CAD/USD rose 0.4% to 0.8001, after hitting a high of 0.8004, and a low of 0.7961.