Canada Stocks: TSX up with banks, energy stocks; Great Canadian Gaming jumps

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19/12/2017 15:21

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    * TSX up 52.68 points, or 0.33 percent, to 16,184.32 
    * All of the TSX's 10 main groups move higher 
 
    TORONTO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose 
in morning trade on Tuesday, boosted by gains among its biggest 
banks and other financial stocks, while Great Canadian Gaming 
Corp  GC.TO  surged after it won a contract to operate 
facilities in the Toronto region. 
    * At 9:57 a.m. ET (1457 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's 
S&P/TSX composite index  .GSPTSE  was up 52.68 points, or 0.33 
percent, to 16,184.32. 
    * All 10 main groups were higher, with the index hovering 
just below the all-time high it hit in the prior session. 
    * The energy group climbed 0.6 percent as oil prices pushed 
higher, while the financials group gained 0.5 percent and 
industrials rose 0.4 percent. 
    * Royal Bank of Canada  RY.TO  added 0.8 percent to C$103.18 
and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce  CM.TO  rose 1.2 percent 
to C$121.82. 
    * Great Canadian Gaming jumped 14.1 percent to C$34.10 after 
it and Clairvest Group Inc  CVG.TO  said they had won a contract 
to operate gaming venues in the Toronto area.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nCNWKQJn6a 
    * The materials group, which includes precious and base 
metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.5 percent. 
    * Sandstorm Gold Ltd  SSL.TO  rose 2.2 percent to C$6.08 
after agreeing to buy a royalty stake in a mine in Burkina Faso. 
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 (Reporting by Alastair Sharp; Editing by Alistair Bell) 
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