Dec 14 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Monday, buoyed by energy stocks as oil prices advanced on hopes of a coronavirus vaccine-aided recovery in fuel demand.

* The energy sector climbed 1% as U.S. crude prices rose 0.8% a barrel, while Brent crude added 0.7%.

* At 9:39 a.m. ET (14:39 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 61.29 points, or 0.35%, at 17,610.21.

* Canada's first COVID-19 inoculations are set to begin as soon as Monday after some of the 30,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived over the weekend.

* The United States is also prepared to start immunization on Monday after its health regulator authorized emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine last week.

* The financials sector gained 0.3%, while the industrials sector rose 0.3%.

* The materials sector, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.7% despite gold futures falling 0.9% to $1,822.7 an ounce.

* The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were gold miner Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd, which jumped 5.4% and Enerplus Corporation, which rose 4.4%.

* On the TSX, 180 issues were higher, while 37 issues declined in a 4.86-to-1 ratio favouring gainers, with 17.76 million shares traded.

* Gold miner Kinross Gold Corp fell 2%, the most on the TSX, followed by Trillium Therapeutics Inc, down 1.6%.

* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Hexo Corp , BCE Inc, and Cenovus Energy Inc.

* The TSX posted eight new 52-week highs and no new low.

* Across Canadian issues, there were 54 new 52-week highs and two new lows, with total volume of 45.97 million shares. (Reporting by Amal S in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)