India, April 16 -- Canadian stocks are up in positive territory Wednesday morning, led by gains in energy, communications and materials sectors. Stocks from real estate and utilities sections are also doing well.
Renewed worries about trade tensions weigh on sentiment, but higher commodity prices prompt investors to pick up resources stocks.
Investors are also digesting the Bank of Canada's interest rate decision.
The Bank of Canada left its benchmark rates unchanged, as widely expected, after a series of interest rate cuts over the past several months.
The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index is up 143.61 points or 0.6% at 24,211.54 about half an hour before noon. The index climbed to a high of 24,224.04, after opening at 24,054.61.
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