, Jun. 25, 2009 (Resource News International) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)closed higher on
Thursday, Mainly due to a rise in the energy and materials sectors, according to
market watchers.

The TSX composite index increased by 254.92 points or 2.52% to close at
10,355.85 on Thursday. Trading volumes totaled 496.2 million shares, up from
465.6 million on Wednesday. Advances beat Declines 971 to 500.

All of the TSX's ten sectoral indexes ended higher.

Some of the most actively traded stocks included:
Teck Resources------------------- dn 0.16% ----- at $ 18.47
TransCanada Corp.---------------- up 1.39% ----- at $ 31.30

Some of the largest price changes included:
Eldorado Gold-------------------- up 11.26% ----- at $ 10.87
AGF Management------------------- up 11.11% ----- at $ 12.90

Canada's agricultural sector faired as follows:
Agrium Incorporated-------------- up $ 0.60 ----- at $ 47.80
Buhler Industries---------------- $ 0.00 ----- at $ 5.35
Maple Leaf Foods----------------- up $ 0.05 ----- at $ 8.48
Potash Corp. of Sask.------------ up $ 0.64 ----- at $108.05
Viterra Inc.--------------------- dn $ 0.30 ----- at $ 9.76
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)