Nov 28 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Wednesday, driven by strong results from Royal Bank of Canada RY.TO , which helped lift shares of financial sector.
* Also, Alimentation Couche-Tard rose 2.4 percent, helping the consumer staples sector .GSPTTCS gain 1.14 percent.
* The world's second-biggest convenience store operator beat analysts' earnings expectation as it earned more from improved fuel sales. At 9:41 a.m. ET (1441 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite index .GSPTSE was up 86.99 points, or 0.58 percent, at 15,031.08.
* The financials sector .SPTTFS gained 0.8 percent, helped by a 1.5 percent gain in shares of Royal Bank of Canada.
* Canada's biggest lender topped quarterly earnings expectations, helped by growth in its retail banking and wealth management divisions. All of the index's 11 major sectors were higher.
* A Reuters poll showed investors see value in Toronto's commodity-linked stock market and expect it to rebound in 2019 as the global economy continues to grow on hopes of a recovery in Canadian heavy crude price. A drop in U.S. crude prices has a negative impact on Canada's oil patch as the energy sector .SPTTEN slumped more than 27 percent this year.
* On the TSX, 181 issues were higher, while 54 issues declined for a 3.35-to-1 ratio favouring gainers, with traded volume touching 15.40 million shares.
* Top percentage gainers on the TSX were Trican Well Service Ltd TCW.TO , which jumped 5.7 percent, followed by a 5.5 percent rise in shares of Aphria Inc APHA.TO .
* First Majestic Silver Corp FR.TO fell 1.9 percent, the most on the TSX.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis ACB.TO , Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO and Largo Resources LGO.TO .
* The TSX posted three new 52-week highs and eight new lows.
* Across all Canadian issues, there were six new 52-week highs and 31 new lows, with total volume touching 23.12 million shares.