CANADA STOCKS-TSX hits two-week high on Yellen comments

TORONTO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index hit a two-week high on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen calmed the markets with an assurance that the U.S. central bank's move to wind down its stimulus program was on track.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed up 86.81 points, or 0.63 percent, at 13,880.99. Nine of the 10 main sectors on the index were higher.

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