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By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index advanced for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, helped by a jump in Barrick Gold Corp shares and gains in other materials and energy stocks as commodity prices rose. But gains were capped by orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods, which recorded the biggest drop in seven months in March and a gauge of planned business spending, which rose modestly. Wednesday's U.S. data pointed to a slowdown in economic activity. Barrick, the world's biggest gold miner, rose 3. ...