RIM, EnCana gains push TSX to record as oil helps Wall Street

Major announcements from Toronto stock market heavyweights EnCana Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. helped send the TSX to a record close, besting the level set on July 19 last year before the credit crisis washed over global markets.
New York markets also rose sharply as a rising U.S. dollar cooled some concerns about inflation and helped keep oil prices in check.
Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index jumped 144.88 points to 14,666.07, 40 points ahead of last July's level of 14,625.76. The TSX is up almost 6 per cent so far this year, largely because of record high oil prices, along with higher prices for base metals....