* TSX ends up 1.5% at 34,671.46
* Posts highest closing level since last Thursday
* Dollarama ( DLMAF ) jumps 9% after results beat estimates
* Materials group adds 4.5% as gold rebounds
(Updates at market close)
By Fergal Smith
TORONTO, June 11 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose
to a one-week high on Thursday in a broad-based move that was
paced by Dollarama ( DLMAF ) and metal mining shares, as investors weighed
a dramatic reversal of U.S. plans for renewed military strikes
on Iran.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
ended up 520.14 points, or 1.5%, at 34,671.46, marking
its highest closing level since posting a record high last
Thursday.
* Wall Street's major indexes also rose, extending gains
after U.S. President Donald Trump said he has canceled planned
strikes against Iran.
* Investors have worried that higher energy prices due to
the war will lead to central banks tightening monetary policy
globally to curb inflation.
* The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the
first time in nearly three years, while the Bank of Canada on
Wednesday said it will not let higher energy prices become
persistent inflation even as it noted continued uncertainty
about U.S. trade policy.
* The Canadian minister responsible for Canada-United States
trade, Dominic LeBlanc, said that there will be bilateral deals
with the U.S. along with the review of the trilateral free trade
pact.
* The materials group, which includes metal
mining shares, climbed 4.5% as the price of gold rebounded
from a seven-month low.
* Shares of Dollarama ( DLMAF ) were up 9% after the
low-priced essentials retailer beat quarterly sales and profit
estimates, helping to lift the consumer discretionary
sector by 3.8%.
* Technology rose 1.3% and heavily weighted
financials ended 1.1% higher.
* Just two of 10 major sectors ended lower, including
energy. It dipped 0.1% as the price of oil settled 2.6%
lower at $87.71 a barrel.
* Apotex Health shares rose 1.9% a day after the
Canadian generic drugmaker made its market debut, raising about
C$1.3 billion in gross proceeds - the TSX's largest IPO in five
years.