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TSX rises 0.67% to 18,035.52

FILE PHOTO: The facade of the original Toronto Stock Exchange building is seen in Toronto

* The Toronto Stock Exchange's TSX rises 0.67 percent to 18,035.52

* Leading the index were Canada Goose Holdings Inc , up 22.5%, Methanex Corp​, up 6.2%, and Seven Generations Energy Ltd​, higher by 5.6%.

* Lagging shares were New Gold Inc​​, down 7.5%, NFI Group Inc​, down 4.3%, and Aurora Cannabis Inc​, lower by 4.1%.

* On the TSX 129 issues rose and 85 fell as a 1.5-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 12 new highs and no new lows, with total volume of 189.9 million shares.

* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Suncor Energy Inc, Blackberry Ltd and Enbridge Inc.

* The TSX's energy group rose 0.63 points, or 0.7%, while the financials sector climbed 2.53 points, or 0.8%.

* West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 1.2%, or $0.67, to $56.36 a barrel. Brent crude rose 0.77%, or $0.45, to $58.91 [O/R]

* The TSX is up 3.5% for the year.