TSX rises 0.4% to 20,311.78

* The Toronto Stock Exchange's TSX rises 0.40 percent to 20,311.78 

* Leading the index were Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd , up 6.4%, Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc, up 5.5%, and Canfor Corp, higher by 5.5%.

* Lagging shares were Real Matters Inc, down 5.0%, BlackBerry Ltd, down 4.5%, and Tilray Inc, lower by 4.3%.

* On the TSX 156 issues rose and 74 fell as a 2.1-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were no and no new lows, with total volume of 163.1 million shares.

* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Suncor Energy Inc, Lundin Mining Corp and Kinross Gold Corp.

* The TSX's energy group rose 0.57 points, or 0.5%, while the financials sector climbed 2.45 points, or 0.7%.

* West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 1.41%, or $1.02, to $73.41 a barrel. Brent crude  rose 1.61%, or $1.2, to $75.94 [O/R]

* The TSX is up 16.5% for the year.

This summary was machine generated July 29 at 21:23.