- West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 3.07 percent, or $2.12, to $71.18 a barrel. Brent crude rose 3.22 percent, or $2.41, to $77.26. [O/R]

- The biggest contributor to the TSX gain/loss was Enbridge with 13.2 net index points. Energy was the top sector contributor with 32.8 net points added to the index. 

- Leading the index were Maxar Technologies Ltd, up 14.3 percent, Spin Master Corp, up 7.3 percent, and MEG Energy Corp, higher by 7.2 percent.

- Lagging shares were Kinross Gold Corp , down 11.4 percent, Paramount Resources Ltd, down 8.8 percent, and Alaris Royalty Corp , lower by 7.3 percent.

- On the TSX 121 issues advanced and 126 declined as a 1-to-1 ratio favored decliners. There were 15 new highs and 3 new lows, with total volume of 248.8 million shares.

- The most heavily traded shares by volume were Spartan Energy Corp, Kinross Gold Corp  and Cenovus Energy Inc.

- The TSX's energy group <.SPTTEN> rose 2.48 points, or 1.24 percent, while the financials sector <.SPTTFS> climbed 1.50 points, or 0.5 percent.

- The TSX is off 1.8 percent for the year.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak)