CANADA STOCKS-TSX snaps losing skid on U.S. jobs data

* TSX ends up 61.16 pts, or 0.5 pct, at 11,736.17
* Energy, financials lead gains
* U.S. jobless claims data lifts sentiment
* China data weighs on materials

By Jon Cook
TORONTO, May 10 (Reuters) – Canadian stocks rose for the
first time in more than a week on Thursday as encouraging U.S.
jobs data and slightly more positive conditions in Europe coaxed
investors to snap up shares at beaten-down prices.
The United States reported claims for unemployment benefits
fell la