* The Toronto Stock Exchange’s TSX rises 0.48 percent to 18,129.22
* Leading the index were Eldorado Gold Corp <ELD.TO>, up 11.5%, BlackBerry Ltd, up 9.1%, and New Gold Inc, higher by 6.6%.
* Lagging shares were Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc, down 7.8%, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc, down 2.9%, and Aurora Cannabis Inc, lower by 2.7%.
* On the TSX 141 issues rose and 76 fell as a 1.9-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 14 new highs and no new lows, with total volume of 171.3 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Blackberry Ltd, Enbridge Inc and Cenovus Energy Inc.
* The TSX’s energy group rose 0.92 points, or 0.9%, while the financials sector climbed 0.74 points, or 0.2%.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 1.3%, or $0.73, to $56.96 a barrel. Brent crude rose 1.04%, or $0.61, to $59.45 [O/R]
* The TSX is up 4% for the year.
