(Updates with early trade; adds details on Rogers earnings,
materials sector)
* TSX up 90.06 points, or 0.66 percent, to 13,809.88
* Seven of the TSX's 10 main groups were higher
TORONTO, April 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose
on Tuesday as gold miners and other materials stocks gained on
higher commodity prices, while Rogers Communications weighed
after posting a smaller profit.
At 10:10 a.m. EDT (1410 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's
S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE rose 90.06 points, or 0.66
percent, to 13,809.88.
Silver Wheaton SLW.TO jumped 5.9 percent to C$22.94 as
silver prices surged to a 10-month high, while the broader
materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners
and fertilizer companies, added 2.1 percent. Gold, copper and
other metals also pushed higher. GOL/ MET/L
Barrick Gold Corp ABX.TO added 1.1 percent to C$20.48 and
Goldcorp Inc G.TO rose 1.4 percent to C$21.84.
Adding to the positive sentiment, Barclays (LON:BARC) raised its target
prices for a range of Canadian materials stocks.
First Quantum Minerals FM.TO advanced 6.2 percent to
C$8.10 and Teck Resources Ltd TCKb.TO gained 2.1 percent to
C$12.56.
The energy sector gained 1.8 percent, with oil prices rising
as a strike by oil workers in Kuwait nearly halved crude
production from the OPEC member.
The country's heavyweight banks also ranked among the
index's most influential gainers, with Royal Bank of Canada
RY.TO adding 0.5 percent to C$78.15, Toronto-Dominion Bank
TD.TO advancing 0.7 percent to C$55.66 and Bank of Nova Scotia
BNS.TO rising 0.5 percent to C$63.99.
Seven of the index's 10 main groups were in positive
territory, with two advancers for every decliner.
Rogers Communications Inc RCIb.TO fell 1.3 percent to
C$49.53 after reporting a slip in earnings after the bell on
Monday as it spent heavily to get smartphones to its wireless
customers and could not add enough Internet business to offset
television and landline phone shrinkage.
The telecom group lost 0.7 percent.
U.S. crude CLc1 prices were up 1.3 percent at $40.30 a
barrel, while Brent LCOc1 added 1.7 percent to $43.62.
Gold futures GCc1 rose 1.5 percent to $1,252.1 an ounce,
and copper prices CMCU3 added 1.2 percent to $4,886 a tonne.
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