Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Orla Mining Ltd (TSX:OLA), which rose 5.67% or 0.24 points to trade at 4.47 at the close. Gfl Environmental Inc (TSX:GFL) added 4.15% or 1.82 points to end at 45.66 and Onex Corp (TSX:ONEX) was up 4.08% or 3.92 points to 99.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI), which lost 11.67% or 0.56 points to trade at 4.24 in late trade. Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR) declined 9.06% or 0.52 points to end at 5.22 and Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAAC) shed 6.37% or 0.46 points to 6.76.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 527 to 419 and 119 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 up 4.74% to 12.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.92% or 18.50 to $2,025.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.03% or 1.47 to hit $73.95 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 1.19 to trade at $79.07 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.19% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.19.