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Sept 18 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index edged higher on Tuesday, boosted by gains in energy companies as oil prices rose on signs that OPEC may not raise output to address shrinking supplies from Iran.
* U.S. crude prices were up 1.9 percent a barrel, while Brent crude added 1.8 percent.
** Also boosting the TSX was a 0.7 percent rise in the materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies.
* Nine of the index's 11 major sectors were higher, led by a 2.2 percent rise in healthcare sector.
* At 9:58 a.m. ET (13:58 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 29.08 points, or 0.18 percent, at 16,111.39.
* On the macro front, data showed that factory sales grew by a greater than expected 0.9 percent in July, pushed higher by gains in the transportation equipment and chemicals industries.
* On the TSX, 129 issues were higher, while 108 issues declined for a 1.19-to-1 ratio favouring gainers, with 24.51 million shares traded.
* The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were First Quantum Minerals(FQVLF), which jumped 4.2 percent and Bausch Health Co, which rose 4.2 percent.
* Eldorado Gold(EGO) fell 3.1 percent, the most on the TSX, while the second biggest decliner was New Gold(NGD), down 2.8 percent.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were RNC Minerals , Aphria(APHQF) and Hexo(HYYDF).
Previous Day:
Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main index rose on Monday as energy companies gained from a rise in oil prices, while precious metal miners were lifted by higher gold prices.
* U.S. crude prices were up 0.8 percent a barrel, while Brent crude added 0.9 percent.
* The materials sector, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 1.1 percent, as gold prices gained due to a softer dollar.
* The industrial sector was the only one of the 11 major sectors trading lower. The gains were led by the healthcare sector's 2.9 percent.
* Aurora Cannabis(ACBFF) jumped 14 percent, the most on the index, after a media report that the world's largest beverage maker Coca Cola Co(KO) was in talks with the company to make marijuana-infused drinks.
* Centerra Gold(CAGDF), which rose 8.3 percent, was the second biggest gainer on the main index.
* At 9:56 a.m. ET (13:56 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 37.2 points, or 0.23 percent, at 16,050.69.
* RNC Minerals soared 34 percent after the miner recovered a 43-kg specimen stone containing an estimated 1,100 ounces of gold and a second 7-kg specimen containing 190 ounces from Beta Hunt Mine in Australia.
* On the TSX, 117 issues were higher, while 118 issues declined for a 1.01-to-1 ratio to the downside, with 38.52 million shares traded.