Loonies and a Canadian $10 bill.
The Canadian dollar closed higher Tuesday, benefiting for a second day from an improved economic outlook and hopes for rising oil exports.
The loonie gained 0.13 of a cent to end at 90.24 cents (U.S.).
That followed a rise of about one-third of a cent Monday amid optimism that the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will get U.S. approval. The pipeline, which would carry oil sands crude from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, would boost shipments from Canada and lift the economy.
The U.S. State Department said Friday that the proposed TransCanada Corp. pipeline would produce less greenhouse gas emissions compared with transporting oil by rail to refineries in Texas.
Also, the International Monetary Fund said Monday that it expects the Canadian economy will grow 2.2 per cent this year, which is up from an estimated 1.7 per cent in 2013 as the U.S. continues to import rising volumes of oil from Canada.
Traders looked ahead to the release of major Canadian economic data coming out later in the week. The merchandise trade balance comes out Thursday while the employment report for January is released Friday.
Economists expect Canada's trade deficit to narrow to about $500-million (Canadian) for December, a little over half of November's level. Job creation for January is expected to come in at 15,000.
The U.S. government also releases January employment figures on Friday with economists forecasting that about 190,000 jobs were cranked out during the month.
Elsewhere on the economic front, data showed that U.S. factory orders dropped 1.5 per cent in December, but that was better than the 1.8 per cent dip that had been expected.
On the commodity markets, March crude oil in New York gained 76 cents to $97.19 (U.S.) a barrel, March copper gained a cent to $3.19 a pound while April gold lost $8.70 to $1,251.20 an ounce.