(Updates at market close) By Fergal Smith March 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rallied for a second straight day on Monday as some investors took the view that the recent selloff in the market was a buying opportunity, with energy and metal mining shares leading broad-based gains. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended up 231.71 points,...

* Canadian dollar gains 0.6% against the greenback * Touches an 11-day high at 1.4276 * Home sales tumble 9.8% in February * Bond yields ease across the curve By Fergal Smith TORONTO, March 17 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened to an 11-day high against its U.S. counterpart on Monday as equity markets rallied and investors cheered China's plan...

ORLANDO, Florida, March 17 (Reuters) - TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets Global equity markets on Monday kept up the positive momentum initiated by Friday's rebound, as investors parked their concerns over escalating global trade tensions and hoovered up cheap and beaten down stocks. Many short-term positioning and momentum indicators suggest Wall Street was oversold, so...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets Global equity markets on Monday kept up the positive momentum initiated by Friday's rebound, as investors parked their concerns over escalating global trade tensions and hoovered up cheap and beaten down stocks. Many short-term positioning and momentum indicators suggest Wall Street was oversold, so in that...