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* TSX ends up 12.25 points, or 0.06%, at 21,084.45
* Posts a decline of 0.65% for the week
* Technology falls for 5th straight day, down 1.4%
* Energy climbs 0.9%
TORONTO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index closed
slightly higher on Friday but was still down for the first week
of the year as the potential for faster-than-expected U.S.
interest rate hikes weighed on investor sentiment.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
ended up 12.25 points, or 0.06%, at 21,084.45 on
Friday. For the week, it was down 0.65% after the Federal
Reserve on Wednesday struck a hawkish note in minutes from its
latest meeting.
"The story is still tied to the Fed and rising interest
rates coming sooner than expected," said Sadiq Adatia, chief
investment officer at BMO Asset Management.
Wall Street extended its weekly decline as investors
remained worried about the U.S. interest rate outlook even after
a weaker-than-expected December payrolls report.
Domestic data showed the Canadian economy adding twice as
many jobs as expected in December, supporting expectations for
the Bank of Canada to begin hiking rates in the coming months.
"What you have been seeing is a bit of rotation going on ...
the high-flying tech names have been selling off," Adatia said.
Higher interest rates reduce the value to investors of the
future cash flows that technology and other high growth sectors
are expected to produce.
The Toronto market's technology group fell for a fifth
straight session, down 1.4%, but that was offset by gains for
the heavily weighted financials group and energy stocks.
Financials ended 0.4% higher, while energy climbed 0.9% as
oil held on to much of this week's rally.
U.S. crude prices settled 0.7% lower at $78.90 a barrel on
Friday but were up nearly 5% for the week as the market weighed
unrest in Kazakhstan and outages in Libya.
Apparel manufacturer Canada Goose Holdings Inc was
among the biggest decliners, falling 6.3% after UBS slashed its
target price on the stock.
(Reporting by Fergal Smith; Additional reporting by Anisha
Sircarl Editing by Cynthia Osterman)