TSX rises 0.61 percent

NEW YORK (Reuters) - * The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX  rose 92.61 points, or 0.61 percent, to 15,303.83.

* Leading the index were Cronos Group Inc, up 8.7 percent, NFI Group Inc, up 7.8 percent, and Descartes Systems Group Inc, higher by 3.5 percent.

* Lagging shares were New Gold Inc, down 6.6 percent, OceanaGold Corp, down 6.5 percent, and Eldorado Gold Corp, lower by 5.6 percent.

* On the TSX 149 issues rose and 88 fell as a 1.7-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 4 new highs and 1 new lows, with total volume of 293.5 million shares.

* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc, Meg Energy Corp and Bombardier Inc.

* The TSX's energy group <.SPTTEN> rose 1.14 points, or 0.75 percent, while the financials sector <.SPTTFS> climbed 2.42 points, or 0.84 percent.

* West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 3.21 percent, or $1.67, to $53.74 a barrel. Brent crude  rose 2.45 percent, or $1.5, to $62.68 [O/R]

* The TSX is up 6.8 percent for the year.

(Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf)