* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX .GSPTSE rose 149.90 points, or 0.92 percent, to 16,503.35.
* Leading the index were Canfor Corp CFP.TO , up 7.5 percent, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd IVN.TO , up 7.4 percent, and TORC Oil & Gas Ltd TOG.TO , higher by 5.6 percent.
* Lagging shares were New Gold Inc NGD.TO , down 6.1 percent, Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO , down 5.8 percent, and CES Energy Solutions Corp CEU.TO , lower by 2.6 percent.
* On the TSX 188 issues rose and 47 fell as a 4-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 29 new highs and no new lows, with total volume of 218.7 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO , Encana Corp ECA.TO and Manulife Financial Corp MFC.TO .
* The TSX's energy group .SPTTEN rose 1.32 points, or 0.9 percent, while the financials sector .SPTTFS climbed 3.77 points, or 1.3 percent.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 rose 4.14 percent, or $2.15, to $54.08 a barrel. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 2.23 percent, or $1.36, to $62.3 O/R
* The TSX is up 15.2 percent for the year.