TSX rises 0.7% to 17,028.73

* The Toronto Stock Exchange's TSX rises 0.70 percent to 17,028.73

* Leading the index were Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc , up 8.1%, Lightspeed POS Inc​ (NYSE: LSPD), up 7.3%, and BlackBerry Ltd​ (NYSE: BB), higher by 7.3%.

* Lagging shares were Real Matters Inc​​ (NASDAQ: REAL), down 15.1%, Air Canada​ (NYSE: AC), down 3.0%, and Parkland Corp​ (NYSE: PKI), lower by 3.0%.

* On the TSX 159 issues rose and 58 fell as a 2.7-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 5 new highs and no new lows, with total volume of 159.5 million shares.

* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Manulife Financial Corp (NYSE: MFC), Cenovus Energy Inc (NYSE: CVE) and Air Canada (NYSE: AC).

* The TSX's energy group <.SPTTEN> rose 0.73 points, or 0.9%, while the financials sector <.SPTTFS> climbed 0.92 points, or 0.3%.

* West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 1.03%, or $0.43, to $42.17 a barrel. Brent crude rose 1.95%, or $0.86, to $45.06 [O/R]

* The TSX is off 0.2% for the year.

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