dec 6 reuters  energy stocks helped canadas main stock index rise on monday as oil prices jumped after concerns around the omicron coronavirus variant eased although weakness in pot producers limited gains at 946 am et 1446 gmt the toronto stock exchanges sptsx composite index gsptse was up 5394 points or 026 at 2068721 the energy sector sptten jumped 13 as oil climbed by 2 a barrel on hopes the omicron coronavirus variant would have a less damaging economic impact if its symptoms proved mostly mild markets are probably going to be volatile until we get through the federal reserve meeting which is next week and so theres going to be people that are going to be holding off till you see if the fed changes his tone at all said gregory taylor portfolio manager at purpose investments the us federal reserve is set to meet next week and investors expect the central bank to start aggressively tightening its stimulus limiting advances was the healthcare sector gsptthc down 28 with all major pot producers including organigram holdings inc ogito tilray inctlryto canopy growth corp weedto aurora cannabis inc acbto falling more than 4 torontolisted technology stocks sptttk fell 12 as hut 8 mining corp hutto tumbled more than 13 along with other cryptocurrency names as prospects of a hawkish fed made speculative assets less attractive the materials sector gspttmt which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies lost 08 as gold futures fell 01 to 17798 an ounce the tsx posted one new 52week highs and six new lows across all canadian issues there were one new 52week highs and 37 new lows with total volume of 5498 million shares reporting by amal s in bengaluru editing by amy caren daniel