Main Stock Index: U.S. Federal Reserve

U.S. Federal Reserve: TORONTO - Canada's main stock index gained for a sixth straight session on Tuesday, led by banks and mining stocks after weak U.S. jobs data bolstered expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will stick with its monetary stimulus program for a while longer, according to Reuters. "The numbers out of China seem to be better now and that seems to be having an impact especially on the materials area," said John Kinsey, portfolio manager at Caldwell Securities and By Alastair Sharp Optimism about the economic outlook in China, a major buyer of many of Canada's raw materials, also lifted mining companies. Among them, Teck Resources Ltd TCKb.TO: Quote jumped 4.1 percent to C$29.72. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.