* TSX up 63.18 points, or 0.44 percent, to 14,513.87
* Nine of the TSX's 10 main groups move higher
TORONTO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Monday as higher oil prices boosted the stocks of energy companies, while big banks also gained as investors bet that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hold rates steady this week.
The country's biggest banks were among the index's most influential gainers with Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TO up 0.9 percent to C$70.56 and Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.TO advancing 0.6 percent to C$57.53.
Insurer Manulife Financial Corp MFC.TO added 1.3 percent to C$18.27 and the overall financials group gained 0.7 percent.
At 9:54 a.m. EDT (1354 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE rose 63.18 points, or 0.44 percent, to 14,513.87.
Nine of the index's 10 main groups were in positive territory, with only consumer staples slipping. Advancers were outnumbering decliners by more than 4-to-1.
The energy group climbed 0.8 percent as oil prices bounced back from multi-week lows, hauling up world stock markets and commodity-linked currencies, on hints that producers were close to reaching an output deal. O/R
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd CNQ.TO rose 1 percent to C$38.97 and Encana Corp ECA.TO was up 2.3 percent to C$13.17.
The materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.6 percent, with diversified miner Teck Resources Ltd TCKb.TO up 1 percent to C$24.35.
U.S. crude CLc1 prices were up 1.6 percent to $43.71 a barrel, while Brent LCOc1 added 1.3 percent to $46.34.