Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Consumer Staples and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL), which rose 6.61% or 1.43 points to trade at 23.05 at the close. Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) added 5.59% or 0.08 points to end at 1.51 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) was up 5.39% or 0.31 points to 6.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT), which lost 4.29% or 0.35 points to trade at 7.80 in late trade. NuVista Energy Ltd . (TSX:NVA) declined 2.71% or 0.30 points to end at 10.79 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) shed 2.56% or 0.09 points to 3.42.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 662 to 327 and 85 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 6.25% to 14.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.73% or 14.55 to $1,999.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.89% or 1.38 to hit $74.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.97 to trade at $78.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 101.84.