TORONTO, Aug.17 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market kept going up Friday as materials stocks rebounded from heavy losses earlier this week.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index rose 98.06 points, or 0.60 percent, to end Friday at 16,323.71 points.
The Canadian dollar rose 0.42 cent to 0.76.45 U.S. dollar.
The energy group gallied 1.16 points,or 0.6 percent while the financial group climbed 1.74 points,or 0.56 percent.
The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc., Canopy Growth Corp and Bombardier Inc.
Canopy Growth Corp.jumped 8.6 percent to 44.18 Canadian dollars while Aurora Cannabis Inc. rose four percent to 6.50 Canadian dollars.
Bombardier Inc.gained 1.31 percent to 4.64 Canadian dollars.
Kinross Gold Corp. added 2.43 percent to 3.80 Canadian dollars while Goldcorp Inc. advanced 2.63 percent to 14.04 Canadian dollars.
