Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.59% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which rose 26.73% or 9.96 points to trade at 47.22 at the close. Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAAS) added 9.90% or 2.08 points to end at 23.09 and Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI) was up 9.45% or 3.93 points to 45.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS), which lost 7.65% or 1.02 points to trade at 12.32 in late trade. Paramount Resources Ltd . (TO:POU) declined 7.40% or 1.13 points to end at 14.13 and Open Text Corp (TO:OTEX) shed 6.26% or 2.96 points to 44.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 710 to 399 and 128 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 4.03% to 12.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.64% or 8.40 to $1321.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $71.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.23 to trade at $77.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.68% to 0.7832, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6571.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 92.56.