Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 6.69% or 0.73 points to trade at 11.64 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) added 6.08% or 0.62 points to end at 10.81 and Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE) was up 4.84% or 0.17 points to 3.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TransForce Inc. (TO:TFI), which lost 2.94% or 0.83 points to trade at 27.42 in late trade. Mullen Group Ltd. (TO:MTL) declined 2.18% or 0.47 points to end at 21.09 and Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) shed 2.05% or 1.93 points to 92.09.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 830 to 598 and 174 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 0.16% to 12.80 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.58% or 6.90 to $1193.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.39% or 1.34 to hit $57.51 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.34% or 2.10 to trade at $64.83 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.81% to 0.8237, while CAD/EUR fell 0.17% to 0.7604.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.82% at 97.44.