Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 3.34% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE), which rose 18.21% or 4.38 points to trade at 28.43 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) added 17.01% or 0.74 points to end at 5.09 and Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) was up 16.47% or 6.88 points to 48.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ECN Capital Corp (TSX:ECN), which lost 8.12% or 0.28 points to trade at 3.17 in late trade. Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) declined 7.97% or 2.36 points to end at 27.25 and Definity Financial Corp (TSX:DFY) shed 3.77% or 1.46 points to 37.27.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 855 to 195 and 70 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 9.56% to 19.96 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 2.65% or 45.45 to $1,759.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.54% or 0.46 to hit $86.29 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.82 to trade at $93.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.59% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.35% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 2.51% at 107.68.