TORONTO, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock index rose Monday as fears of a trade war between the United States and China eased.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index rose 20.29 points, or 0.13 percent, to end the day at 15,227.70.

Five of the index's 10 main groups were up.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.78.56 U.S. dollar.

Kinder Morgan Canada plunged 10.9 percent to 16.43 Canadian dollars after the oil producer suspended most work on an oil pipeline expansion.

Crescent Point Energy rose 2.2 percent to 9.36 Canadian dollars and Baytex Energy jumped 2.9 percent to 3.85 Canadian dollars. Enditem