By Nichola Saminather
* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite indexended the day 39.11 points, or 0.25 percent, higher at15,577.81. It is up 1.26 percent for the week.
* The Canadian economy added 15,400 jobs in February after abig loss in January, but full-time positions shrank and wagegrowth decelerated.
* Ivanhoe Mines Ltd was the biggest gainer on theTSX, rising 6 percent.
* The 10 best performers on the index were dominated byenergy and mining companies, including Pretium Resources, Detour Gold and Freehold Royalties.
* Copper futures advanced 1.8 percent to
* Gold futures reversed earlier losses to trade up0.1 percent at
* Even so, Yamana Gold was the biggest decliner onthe index, falling 5.6 percent. New Gold Inc andIAMGOLD Corp were also among the biggest losers, losing3.4 percent and 2.4 percent respectively.
* The world stocks index added 1.1 percent.The Nasdaq pulled up 1.7 percent to close at an all-timehigh as fears of inflation and aggressive interest rate hikesebbed after a slowdown in wage growth.
* The TSX consumer non-cyclicals group was the sector withthe most gains, rising 0.7 percent, while the healthcare groupposted the biggest declines, falling 0.45 percent.
* Yamana Gold and Bombardier Inc were the mostactively traded stocks on the index.
* There were 146 advancing issues and 92 declining ones.Twelve were flat.(Reporting by Nichola Saminather; Editing by Jonathan Oatis andRichard Chang)
