Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Calfrac Well Services Ltd. (TO:CFW), which rose 6.31% or 0.53 points to trade at 8.93 at the close. Canadian Oil Sands Limited (TO:COS) added 5.68% or 0.58 points to end at 10.79 and Suncor Energy Inc. (TO:SU) was up 3.76% or 1.40 points to 38.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE), which lost 7.55% or 0.25 points to trade at 3.06 in late trade. Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TO:TXG) declined 5.26% or 0.060 points to end at 1.080 and Silver Wheaton Corp. (TO:SLW) shed 3.68% or 0.92 points to 24.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 751 to 664 and 205 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 13.41% to 14.72 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.53% or 6.40 to $1201.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.43% or 0.71 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 3.49% or 2.00 to trade at $55.10 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.45% to 0.7958, while CAD/EUR fell 0.64% to 0.7314.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.74% at 97.79.