Canada's employment change report showed a drop of 5.7 thousand in January, compared to expectations of a 5.2K rise, and December's strong gain of 22.8K.
Subsequently, the unemployment rate rose to 7.2% from the previous reading's 7.1%. Analysts expected a flat result.
Additional data from Canada showed the trade balance in December with a deficit of 0.6 billion Canadian dollars, better than expectations of a 2.2B deficit, and the previous result's 2.0K deficit.