Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were DHX Media Ltd (TO:DHXb), which rose 10.59% or 0.90 points to trade at 9.40 at the close. Amaya Gaming Group Inc (TO:AYA) added 6.67% or 2.04 points to end at 32.63 and Gildan Activewear Inc. (TO:GIL) was up 6.06% or 2.25 points to 39.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Just Energy Group Inc. (TO:JE), which lost 6.30% or 0.42 points to trade at 6.25 in late trade. Baytex Energy Corp. (TO:BTE) declined 5.27% or 1.13 points to end at 20.32 and Capstone Mining Corp. (TO:CS) shed 5.19% or 0.080 points to 1.460.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 715 to 711 and 186 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 5.85% to 15.28.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.40 to $1220.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.30% or 0.79 to hit $59.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.56 to trade at $66.72 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.26% to 0.8341, while CAD/EUR fell 0.77% to 0.7308.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.39.