NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) -
* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX .GSPTSE edged up 6.39 points, or 0.04 percent, to 16,074.30.
* Leading the index were Cogeco Communications Inc CCA.TO , up 8.9 percent after a deal to sell its cloud services unit, TransAlta Corp TA.TO , up 6.7 percent following its quarterly results, and Centerra Gold Inc CG.TO , higher by 4.2 percent.
* Lagging shares were Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd TRQ.TO , down 13.7 percent in the wake of its 2019 financial guidance, Laurentian Bank of Canada LB.TO , down 9.8 percent after quarterly results, and Uni-Select Inc UNS.TO , lower by 7.2 percent.
* On the TSX 100 issues rose and 129 fell as a 0.8-to-1 ratio favored decliners. There were 9 new highs and 2 new lows, with total volume of 225.8 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc ACB.TO , Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO and Encana Corp ECA.TO .
* The TSX's energy group .SPTTEN rose 0.94 points, or 0.6 percent, while the financials sector .SPTTFS climbed 1.06 points, or 0.4 percent.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 rose 2.61 percent, or $1.45, to $56.95 a barrel. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 1.69 percent, or $1.1, to $66.31 O/R
* The TSX is up 12.2 percent for the year.