CANADA STOCKS-Financial shares drive TSX to near seven-week high

* TSX up 51.17 points, or 0.34 percent, at 14,894.27 * Seven of 10 main index sectors advance * Gold miners drop 1.3 percent, follow bullion price lower By John Tilak TORONTO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index jumped to its highest in nearly seven weeks on Monday with declines in resource stocks offset by stronger financial shares as investors shrugged off data showing Japan fell into a recession in the third quarter. Japan's gross domestic product shrank by an an