TORONTO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose
early on Wednesday, helped by strength in banking stocks and a
surge in shares of Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO after the planemaker
signed a deal to sell commercial jets to Air Canada AC.TO .
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
.GSPTSE was up 85.19 points, or 0.68 percent, at 12,640.17
shortly after the open. Nine of its 10 main sectors rose.