Canadian Stocks Gain for Second Day on Meridian Gold Takeover, Rising Oil

(Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks rose for a second day,
led by commodity producers, after Meridian Gold Inc. received a
takeover proposal from rival bullion miners and prices of gold and
copper advanced.

Rising crude oil and natural-gas prices lifted such energy
producers as EnCana Corp., which had dragged the Standard &
Poor's/TSX Composite Index to three consecutive losses before
yesterday.


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