Nov 7 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Wednesday, after robust quarterly results in some technology companies improved market sentiment.
* At 9:36 a.m. ET (1436 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite index .GSPTSE was up 71.06 points, or 0.46 percent, at 15,363.77.
* Six of the index's 11 major sectors were higher, led by the technology stocks .SPTTTK , which jumped over 2 percent.
* Helping tech was a 4.6 percent rise in CGI GIBa.TO shares and a 7.3 percent jump in shares of Solium Capital Inc SUM.TO as both companies posted upbeat quarterly results.
* The energy sector .SPTTEN rose 1.6 percent, after oil prices rebounded to $73 a barrel, buoyed by a report that Russia and Saudi Arabia are discussing whether to cut crude output next year. O/R
* U.S. crude CLc1 prices were up 0.5 percent, while Brent crude LCOc1 added 0.9 percent.
* The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback, which broadly fell after the results of the U.S. midterm congressional elections and as oil prices rose. On the TSX, 181 issues were higher, while 54 issues declined for a 3.35-to-1 ratio favouring gainers, with volumes touching 13.42 million shares.
* Top percentage gainer on the TSX was Home Capital Group HCG.TO , which jumped 17.5 percent after quarterly earnings beat estimates.
* Keyera Corp KEY.TO fell 10.3 percent, the most on the TSX, after posting quarterly earnings that fell below expectations.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were shares of cannabis firms Aurora Cannabis ACB.TO , up 4.1 percent, Aphria Inc APHA.TO , up 3.3 percent, and The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings TGOD.TO , up 4.3 percent.
* Cannabis stocks may have also been boosted by news of another state in the United States, Michigan, legalising marijuana and as Mexico moved towards a major rollback of a prohibition on the drug. The TSX posted one new 52-week high and seven new lows.
* Across all Canadian issues, there were three new 52-week highs and 10 new lows, with total volume touching 20.64 million shares.