Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Industrials and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which rose 11.88% or 2.34 points to trade at 22.03 at the close. Methanex Corporation (TO:MX) added 5.27% or 3.48 points to end at 69.51 and Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TO:CNQ) was up 5.06% or 1.86 points to 38.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canadian Western Bank (TO:CWB), which lost 7.06% or 2.05 points to trade at 27.00 in late trade. Trinidad Drilling Ltd. (TO:TDG) declined 6.68% or 0.30 points to end at 4.19 and SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TO:SNC) shed 6.57% or 2.60 points to 36.97.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 751 to 701 and 175 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 3.62% to 15.43.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.26% or 3.10 to $1197.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 1.14% or 0.58 to hit $50.95 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.15 to trade at $60.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.66% to 0.7997, while CAD/EUR fell 0.18% to 0.7254.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 96.41.