Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary 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 Empire Company Ltd (TO:EMPa), which rose 14.48% or 2.86 points to trade at 22.61 at the close. Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX) added 4.49% or 0.180 points to end at 4.190 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 4.37% or 0.22 points to 5.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which lost 3.19% or 0.23 points to trade at 6.97 in late trade. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) declined 2.99% or 0.130 points to end at 4.220 and Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) shed 2.64% or 0.73 points to 26.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 688 to 393 and 135 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 11.73% to 12.95.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.70 to $1332.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.85% or 0.42 to hit $49.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.10 to trade at $55.26 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.8211, while CAD/EUR fell 0.19% to 0.6898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 92.13.