Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 3.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO), which rose 46.15% or 0.240 points to trade at 0.760 at the close. Primo Water Corp (TSX:PRMW) added 25.10% or 2.56 points to end at 12.76 and Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) was up 24.01% or 1.21 points to 6.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Killam Properties Inc (TSX:KMP_u), which lost 8.19% or 1.43 points to trade at 16.04 in late trade. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TSX:CAR_u) declined 7.04% or 3.25 points to end at 42.92 and Alaris Royalty Corp . (TSX:AD) shed 6.94% or 0.55 points to 7.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 792 to 322 and 83 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.27% or 3.95 to $1473.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 24.20% or 5.04 to hit $25.87 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 13.55% or 3.37 to trade at $28.25 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.22% to 0.6904, while CAD/EUR rose 2.34% to 0.6459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.94% at 103.515.