TSX rises 0.93% to 19,745.47

* The Toronto Stock Exchange's TSX rises 0.93 percent to 19,745.47 

* Leading the index were BlackBerry Ltd , up 10.5%, Tilray Inc, up 7.9%, and Village Farms International Inc, higher by 7.8%.

* Lagging shares were Capital Power Corp, down 3.9%, Finning International Inc, down 2.7%, and Silvercrest Metals Inc, lower by 2.4%.

* On the TSX 169 issues rose and 53 fell as a 3.2-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 17 new highs and no new lows, with total volume of 228.2 million shares.

* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Suncor Energy Inc, Great-west Lifeco Inc and Enbridge Inc.

* The TSX's energy group rose 2.32 points, or 1.9%, while the financials sector climbed 2.95 points, or 0.8%.

* West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 0.14%, or $0.09, to $66.16 a barrel. Brent crude  rose 0.25%, or $0.17, to $68.82 [O/R]

* The TSX is up 13.3% for the year.

This summary was machine generated May 26 at 21:03 GMT.