India, May 20 -- Canadian shares are up in positive territory Tuesday morning, extending gains to a tenth straight session, amid easing concerns about tariffs, and some brisk buying in gold stocks on safe-haven appeal following Moody's downgrading U.S. credit rating, citing debt concerns.
Investors are also digesting a report showing a drop in Canada's annual inflation rate.
The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index, which climbed to a record high of 26,117.13 earlier this morning, was up 105.50 points or 0.41% at 26,077.43 a little while ago.
The Materials Capped Index is up nearly 3%. The Consumer Staples Capped Index is up 1.2%, while the Utilities and Communications Services indices are up nearly 1% each.
Data from Statistics Canada sai...