Roger Biduk; Financials and Energy Rally Bay Street

Roger Biduk;

Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index jumped 452.16 points Monday to 8,958.51. The Canadian benchmark index is up 18.4 per cent since its March 9 trough, led by a 34 per cent rise in the financial sector. Ten of the eleven sectors I follow on the TSX were higher.
The TSX Venture Exchange rose 22.23 points to 924.03.
The Canadian dollar gained 1.12 cents to 81.8 cents US as the American dollar weakened on worries about inflation resulting from the taxpayer-supported plan to remove up to US$1 trillion in bad loans from the banks' balance sheets.

ETFs led the way.
Horizons BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Financial Bull (HFU) +16.78%. Horizons BetaPro MSCI Emerging Markets Bull (HJU) +16.68%. Horizons BetaPro S&P 500 Bull (HSU) +14.09%.

The S&P/TSX Capped Health Care Index was higher by 1.21%.

In the service sector:
Contrans Income Fund (CSS.UN) +9.86% to $3.90. Transcontinental Inc. (TCL.A) +9.24% to $6.15. Canadian Pacific Railway Limit (CP) +7.18% to $39.55. Great Canadian Gaming Corporat (GC) +6.27% to $2.71. WestJet Airlines Ltd. (WJA) +5.96% to $11.55.
ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. (ACE.A) -7.38% to $6.02.

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The April crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 3.32% to $53.80 and natural gas rose 1.16% to $4.43 as the S&P/TSX Energy Index jumped 7.41%.
Energy stocks took off after Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) and Petro-Canada (TSX:PCA) announced an all-stock combination into a company valued at $43.3 billion. The new enterprise is to operate under the Suncor name with existing Petro-Canada shareholders owning 40 per cent. Suncor shares slipped 16 cents to $30.74 while Petro-Canada soared $6.05 or 20 per cent to $35.70.
Galleon Energy Inc. (GO) +20.41% to $4.13. Cathedral Energy Services Inco (CET.UN) +18.64% to $3.50. Trinidad Drilling Ltd. (TDG) +13.88% to $3.20. Progress Energy Resources Corp (PRQ) +11.76% to $10.64. Talisman Energy Inc. (TLM) +11.31% to $14.47.

The gold sector was the only decliner. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index lost 0.82% as the April bullion contract in New York sank $3.70 to US$952.50 an ounce.
Banro Corporation (BAA) +18.05% to $2.42. European Goldfields Limited (EGU) +10.33% to $3.63. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM) +9.38% to $42.22. Imperial Metals Corporation (III) +7.21% to $3.27.
Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI) -5.06% to $8.26. Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ) -5.06% to $2.44.

Statistics Canada, meanwhile, reported that its gauge of future economic activity fell 1.1 per cent in February after a 0.9 per cent decrease in January.

The S&P/TSX Consumer Discretionary Index was 4.00% higher and the S&P/TSX Consumer Staples Index gained 1.43%.
Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN) +12.36% $3.00. Linamar Corporation (LNR) +11.74% to $2.57. Cascades Inc. (CAS) +10.10% to $2.18. Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL) +8.57% to $10.26. Supremex Income Fund (SXP.UN) +7.14% to $2.25.

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S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index soared 9.13% as aluminum fell 0.75%, copper gained 2.51% and silver was 0.25% higher to $13.88.
Athabasca Potash Inc. (API) +16.44% to $2.55. Sherritt International Corpora (S) +16.03% to $2.75. Teck Cominco Limited (TCK.B) +12.93% to $6.64. Timminco Limited (TIM) +10.77% to $2.16. Quadra Mining Ltd. (QUA) +9.82% to $5.48.

The S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index rose 3.72% and the S&P/TSX Capped Telecom Services Index gained 1.96%.
5N Plus Inc. (VNP) +8.39% to $5.17. Research in Motion Limited (RIM) +7.21% to $55.00. Torstar Corporation (TS.B) +6.40% to $5.15. CGI Group Inc. (GIB.A) +5.68% to $9.68. Matrikon Inc. (MTK) +5.26% to $2.00.


The S&P/TSX Capped Financial Index soared 8.93%.
Financial 15 Split Corp. II (FFN) +30.42% to $3.73. CIX Split Corp. (CXC) +28.66% to $2.11. Fairborne Energy Ltd. (FEL) +20.67% to $3.62. NB Split Corp. (NBF) +20.00% to $6.00. Homburg Invest Inc. (HII.A) +18.10% to $10.83.
Melcor Developments Ltd. (MRD) -6.19% to $4.55. DPF India Opportunities Fund (DPF.UN)
-5.19% to $2.56.

The S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Index gained 1.36%.
Canadian Hydro Developers Inc (KHD) +7.75% to $2.78.

S&P/TSX Capped Industrial Index jumped 5.34%. Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B) +7.14% to $3.00. Sino-Forest Corporation (TRE) +6.83% to $7.98. Toromont Industries Ltd. (TIH) +6.29% to $24.15. Churchill Corporation (The) (CUQ) +6.22% to $8.20. Martinrea International Inc. (MRE) +5.78% to $2.38.

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