Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.35% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM), which rose 10.34% or 1.05 points to trade at 11.20 at the close. CannTrust Holdings Inc (TSX:TRST) added 5.23% or 0.0900 points to end at 1.8100 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) was up 5.15% or 0.170 points to 3.470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which lost 8.75% or 3.345 points to trade at 34.905 in late trade. Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) declined 6.53% or 0.9500 points to end at 13.6000 and Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA) shed 3.83% or 0.320 points to 8.040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 587 to 459 and 134 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 up 0.68% to 11.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 9.40 to $1506.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.05% or 0.61 to hit $58.65 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $64.82 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7541, while CAD/EUR rose 0.01% to 0.6828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 97.942.