Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shaw Communications Inc (TO:SJRb), which rose 9.76% or 2.35 points to trade at 26.42 at the close. Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd (TO:KML) added 5.49% or 0.91 points to end at 17.50 and Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TO:MFI) was up 4.63% or 1.43 points to 32.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG), which lost 8.87% or 0.92 points to trade at 9.45 in late trade. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 4.53% or 0.620 points to end at 13.070 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) shed 4.18% or 0.120 points to 2.750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 584 to 501 and 120 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 0.70% to 15.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.62% or 22.10 to $1337.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.43% or 0.29 to hit $67.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $72.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.10% to 0.7942, while CAD/EUR rose 0.22% to 0.6442.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 89.47.