TORONTO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock index rose Friday due to increasing shares in Bombardier Inc, which rose more than 15 percent after it won an unexpected trade victory against U.S. planemaker Boeing Co.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index rose 35.21 points, or 0.22 percent, to end the day 16,239.22. Only one of the index's 10 main groups closed lower.
The Canadian dollar came to 0.81.23 U.S. dollar.
Bombardier was the biggest riser on the index, surging 15.3 percent to 3.54 Canadian dollars.
The information technology group rose 1.6 percent and the industrials group rose 0.8 percent while the energy group added 0.3 percent as oil prices rose.
The financials group, which accounts for more than one-third of the TSX's weight, edged down 0.1 percent. Shares of Toronto-Dominion Bank lost 0.5 percent to 74.05 Canadian dollars.
Yamana Gold Inc rose 2.3 percent to 4.51 Canadian dollars and Alamos Gold Inc climbed 3 percent to 7.86 Canadian dollars.
The overall healthcare group advanced 3.8 percent.
Shares of Canopy Growth Corp jumped 10.8 percent to 34.48 Canadian dollars after AltaCorp Capital upgraded the stock to speculative buy while Aphria Inc gained 5.5 percent to 20.16 Canadian dollars. The TSX posted 13 new 52-week highs and 3 new lows.
