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By Nichola Saminather
* A White House official said on Wednesday night that Trumpplanned to offer
* In a tweet on Thursday, Trump said he would show "greatflexibility and cooperation toward those that are real friendsand treat us fairly on both trade and the military."
* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite indexopened up 39.52 points, or 0.26 percent, at 15,511.08.It was trading 0.4 percent higher at 15,535.71 at 9:58 am (1458GMT).
* Shares of trade-sensitive auto parts and railroadcompanies recovered. Magna International Inc advanced0.5 percent to
* Machine manufacturer Linamar Corp and Packingtape-maker Intertape Polymar Group were the biggestgainers on the index, rising 7.6 and 7.2 respectively, afterreporting fourth-quarter profits that beat expectations.
* The healthcare group was the sector with the most gains,rising 1.4 percent.
* Cominar REIT was the biggest decliner on theindex, falling 5.5 percent after reporting a drop in itsquarterly operating revenue.
* Mining companies Ivanhoe Mines, Franco-Nevada Corpand Paramount Resources were also among thebiggest decliners, hit by a retreat in metal prices.
* Copper futures pulled back 1.6 percent to
* The TSX materials group, which includes precious and basemetals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 0.5 percent.
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* Cominar was the most actively traded stock on the index,followed by marijuana producers Canopy Growth andAphria Inc.
* There were 168 advancing issues and 73 declining ones.Nine were flat.(Reporting by Nichola SaminatherEditing by Frances Kerry)
