TORONTO, March 1 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index
gained almost 1 percent on Tuesday, as Bank of Nova Scotia's
rise in quarterly profit boosted financial shares and energy
stocks were helped by higher crude oil prices.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
.GSPTSE unofficially closed up 121.75 points, or 0.95 percent,
at 12,982.10. Nine of its 10 main groups gained, with the
materials sector weighing.