Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.74% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW), which rose 7.67% or 0.28 points to trade at 3.93 at the close. Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) added 7.11% or 6.41 points to end at 96.52 and Athabasca Oil Corporation (TO:ATH) was up 7.08% or 0.15 points to 2.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF), which lost 6.70% or 0.86 points to trade at 11.98 in late trade. Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb) declined 5.76% or 1.07 points to end at 17.52 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) shed 4.31% or 0.51 points to 11.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 714 to 687 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 up 4.19% to 14.92.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.71% or 8.60 to $1194.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $50.63 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.06% or 1.15 to trade at $56.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.7944, while CAD/EUR rose 0.80% to 0.7452.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.01% at 99.25.