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TSX ends up 62.46 points, or 0.3%, at 20,693.15
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For the week, the index gains 0.6%
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Technology climbs 1.4%
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Consumer staples adds 1.3%
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By Shristi Achar A and Fergal Smith
April 21 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on
Friday, led by gains for technology shares, while the materials
sector lost ground as gold prices fell.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended up 62.46 points, or 0.3%, at 20,693.15. For the
week, the index advanced 0.6%, its fifth straight weekly gain.
The technology group climbed 1.4% as shares of e-commerce
company Shopify Inc added 2.7%. Consumer staples were also a
standout, rising 1.3%.
But the materials sector, which includes precious and base
metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 0.9% as increased
expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates
further next month weighed on gold.
(Reporting by Shristi Achar A in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry
Jacob-Phillips and Deepa Babington)
