Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Energy and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lucara Diamond Corp (TO:LUC), which rose 4.20% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.480 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) added 3.60% or 0.12 points to end at 3.45 and Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI) was up 2.62% or 0.16 points to 6.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metro Inc . (TO:MRU), which lost 2.51% or 1.03 points to trade at 40.00 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) declined 2.07% or 0.400 points to end at 18.950 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) shed 1.78% or 0.060 points to 3.320.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 527 to 502 and 169 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 6.48% to 8.23 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1291.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.88% or 0.51 to hit $58.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $63.42 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7864, while CAD/EUR fell 0.39% to 0.6636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.04.