 tsx ends up 376 points or 002 at 2121615 toronto oct 22 reuters  canada’s main stock index edged slightly higher on friday as gains for the energy and financial sectors offset a drop in technology stocks with the index notching its third straight week of gains the toronto stock exchange’s sptsx composite index ended up 376 points or 002 at 2121615 the 13th straight day of gains and a record closing high for the week the tsx was up 14 helped by stronger commodity prices “commodity prices have bounced back a little bit particularly crude that helped the energy stocks” said colin cieszynski chief market strategist at sia wealth management “at the same time we’re seeing weakness in technology in the united states” the sp 500 and nasdaq closed lower as disappointing quarterly reports put pressure on the communications and technology sectors and investors turned skittish as federal reserve chair jerome powell discussed stimulus tapering the bank of canada is expected to largely end stimulus from bond purchases when it makes a policy announcement next week the toronto market’s energy sector climbed 13 as concern about low supplies bolstered oil prices us crude oil futures settled 15 higher at 8376 a barrel the heavily weighted financial services sector was up 05 while industrials advanced 1 technology shares gave back some recent gains falling 18 and healthcare ended 24 lower including declines for some cannabis stocks a boardroom tussle at rogers communications inc is unlikely to hinder its c20 billion 1616 billion purchase of shaw communications analysts said but the family drama is continuing at one of canada’s biggest telecoms companies shares of rogers ended 03 lower while shaw was down 04 reporting by fergal smith additional reporting by amal s in bengaluru editing by will dunham