NEW YORK, Sept 17 (Reuters) -
* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX .GSPTSE rose 68.82 points, or 0.43 percent, to 16,082.31.
* Leading the index were Aurora Cannabis Inc ACB.TO , up 16.9 percent, New Gold Inc NGD.TO , up 9.1 percent, and Tahoe Resources Inc THO.TO , higher by 8.2 percent.
* Lagging shares were Guyana Goldfields Inc GUY.TO , down 6.3 percent, Prairiesky Royalty Ltd PSK.TO , down 3.1 percent, and Norbord Inc OSB.TO , lower by 2.9 percent.
* On the TSX 134 issues rose and 103 fell as a 1.3-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 5 new highs and 6 new lows, with total volume of 222.2 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc ACB.TO , Aphria Inc APH.TO and Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO .
* The TSX's energy group .SPTTEN fell 1.23 points, or 0.66 percent, while the financials sector .SPTTFS climbed 1.11 points, or 0.36 percent.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 fell 0.38 percent, or $0.26, to $68.73 a barrel. Brent crude LCOc1 fell 0.22 percent, or $0.17, to $77.92 O/R
* The TSX is off 0.8 percent for the year.