Dec 4 (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index rose on Friday to hover near ten-month highs, boosted by a jump in oil prices, better-than-expected job additions in November and a decline in the unemployment rate. * At 9:44 a.m. ET (1444 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 61.57 points, or 0.35%, at 17,459.59. * A Reuters poll showed the Bank of Canada is not expected to increase its asset-purchase programme anytime soon, and the country’s gross domestic product should reach pre-COVID-19 levels within two years. * The energy sector climbed 3.7%, tracking brent crude oil futures as major producers agreed on a compromise to continue the bulk of existing supply curbs to cope with coronavirus-hit demand. * The financials and industrials sectors gained 0.1%. * The materials sector, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.6% as gold futures rose 0.4% to $1,843.7 an ounce. * On the TSX, 143 issues were higher, while 76 issues declined for a 1.88-to-1 ratio favouring gainers, with 31.38 million shares traded. * The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were Suncor Energy and Meg Energy Corp, which jumped 5.4% and 5.1%, respectively. * Seabridge Gold fell 8.9%, the most on the TSX. The second-biggest decliner was RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust Un, down 6%. * The most heavily traded shares by volume were Suncor Energy, Canadian Natural Resources and Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. * The TSX posted 12 new 52-week highs and no new low. * Across all Canadian issues there were 30 new 52-week highs and four new lows, with total volume of 51.43 million shares. (Reporting by Sagarika Jaisinghani in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
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