TORONTO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Canadian main stock market rebounded Friday from Thursday's fall due to the general hope over a possible trade deal between the United States and China.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index gained 213.87 points, or 1.5 percent, to close at 14,426.62 points Friday.

The Canadian dollar climbed 0.47 cent at 0.7466 U.S. dollar.

On the market, 182 issues rose while 54 stocks fell. There were no new highs and one new lows, with a total volume of 230.8 million shares.

The energy group rose 4.32 points, or 3.08 percent while the financials sector advanced 4.10 points, or 1.53 percent.

Among the energy stocks, Suncor added 3.3 percent to 39.32 Canadian dollars while Imperial Oil added 2.8 percent to 35.00 Canadian dollars.

In the tech group, BlackBerry gained 3.9 percent to 9.65 Canadian dollars while Shopify surged 5.7 percent to 184.82 Canadian dollars.

The most heavily traded shares by volume were Bombardier Inc., Aurora Cannabis Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp.

Bombardier Inc. rose 7 cents to 2.22 Canadian dollars on 10.8 million shares.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. gained 11 cents to 7.02 Canadian dollars on 8.6 million shares.

Barrick Gold Corp. fell 2 cents 17.55 Canadian dollars on 6.6 million shares. Enditem

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