Market reality is good as traders cannot resist low prices

The Toronto stock market finished the week with an inspiring 3.2 percent gain as resource stocks tracked commodity prices higher and after data showed a better-than-expected U.S. jobs gain and record Canadian exports. Energy stocks climbed nearly 3 percent, while the materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.2 percent after some gains were pared. That nature of markets was at last working for investors as downtrodden prices were just too attractive to resist, said analysts.