India, Feb. 13 -- The Canadian market remains firmly placed in positive territory Thursday afternoon, lifted by gains in communications, technology and real estate sectors recording impressive gains.

A few stocks from energy, consumer staples and utilities sectors are also up with strong gains.

Despite concerns about tariff and fears of a trade war, the mood in the market remains fairly bullish.

The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index is up 128.86 points or 0.5% at 25,691.97 with less than an hour to go for the closing bell.

Communications stock Telus Corp (T.TO) is up 3.5%. Telus reported fourth-quarter net income of $320 million, compared with net income of $310 million in the year-ago quarter.

Rogers Communications (RCI.B.TO) is risin...