Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.30% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY), which rose 14.89% or 6.24 points to trade at 48.14 at the close. Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI) added 11.70% or 3.21 points to end at 30.65 and Primo Water Corp (TSX:PRMW) was up 10.62% or 2.20 points to 22.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD), which lost 28.30% or 34.74 points to trade at 88.02 in late trade. Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI) declined 6.80% or 9.86 points to end at 135.31 and goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY) shed 6.29% or 12.47 points to 185.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 543 to 475 and 117 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.68% or 29.65 to $1793.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.41% or 1.95 to hit $78.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 1.49 to trade at $80.50 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.51% to 0.8027, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 94.332.