Dec 14 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Monday, buoyed by energy stocks as oil prices advanced on hopes of a coronavirus vaccine-aided recovery in fuel demand.
* The energy sector .SPTTEN climbed 1% as U.S. crude CLc1 prices rose 0.8% a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 added 0.7%. O/R
* At 9:39 a.m. ET (14:39 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was up 61.29 points, or 0.35%, at 17,610.21.
* Canada's first COVID-19 inoculations are set to begin as soon as Monday after some of the 30,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived over the weekend. The United States is also prepared to start immunization on Monday after its health regulator authorized emergency use of Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)'s COVID-19 vaccine last week. The financials sector .SPTTFS gained 0.3%, while the industrials sector .GSPTTIN rose 0.3%.
* The materials sector .GSPTTMT , which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.7% despite gold futures GCc1 falling 0.9% to $1,822.7 an ounce. GOL/
* The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were gold miner Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd OR.TO , which jumped 5.4% and Enerplus Corporation ERF.TO , which rose 4.4%.
* On the TSX, 180 issues were higher, while 37 issues declined in a 4.86-to-1 ratio favouring gainers, with 17.76 million shares traded.
* Gold miner Kinross Gold Corp K.TO fell 2%, the most on the TSX, followed by Trillium Therapeutics Inc TRIL.TO , down 1.6%.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Hexo Corp HEXO.TO , BCE Inc BCE.TO , and Cenovus Energy Inc CVE.TO .
* The TSX posted eight new 52-week highs and no new low.
* Across Canadian issues, there were 54 new 52-week highs and two new lows, with total volume of 45.97 million shares.