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* TSX up 85.96 points, or 0.55 percent, to 15,602.71
* Index is less than 100 points from record high
TORONTO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index on Thursday extended a rally that brought it near to an all-time high, as resource stocks rose with higher commodity prices and financial shares pushed higher.
The most influential movers on the index included two of the world's largest gold producers, with Barrick Gold jumping 5 percent to C$22.90 and Goldcorp Inc G.TO up 3.3 percent to C$19.63 as gold prices touched their highest in four weeks. GOL/ A slew of smaller gold miners also gained.
The materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 2.9 percent.
The energy group climbed 0.2 percent as oil prices rose after Saudi Arabia started talks with customers about a reduction in crude sales to support a plan by OPEC to lower global supply. O/R
Penn West Petroleum Ltd advanced 3.3 percent to C$2.52 after it raised its 2017 capital budget and upped its production forecast. heavyweight financials group gained 0.3 percent, with Royal Bank of Canada RY.TO rising 0.5 percent to C$93.33 and Toronto-Dominion Bank advancing 0.5 percent to C$67.97.
At 10:36 a.m. ET (1536 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE rose 85.96 points, or 0.55 percent, to 15,602.71.
It was within striking distance of its all-time high of 15,685.13, which was hit in September 2014.
The value of Canadian equity issues rose to an all-time high in 2016, driven by large deals in the energy and mining sectors, according to Thomson Reuters data released on Thursday. crude CLc1 prices were up 1.1 percent to $53.86 a barrel, while Brent LCOc1 added 1.1 percent to $57.06. O/R
Gold futures GCc1 rose 1 percent to $1,175.9 an ounce, while copper prices CMCU3 declined 0.5 percent to $5,615 a tonne. GOL/ MET/L
Canadian producer prices increased by 0.3 percent in November from October on higher costs for vehicles and primary non-ferrous metal products, Statistics Canada said. ECONCA