Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Real Estate and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS), which rose 3.42% or 2.85 points to trade at 86.24 at the close. Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES) added 2.91% or 0.17 points to end at 6.01 and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (TSX:BIP_u) was up 2.83% or 1.80 points to 65.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM), which lost 10.53% or 1.22 points to trade at 10.37 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) declined 8.11% or 0.43 points to end at 4.87 and Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) shed 5.97% or 0.040 points to 0.630.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 533 to 509 and 130 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 3.20% to 12.10.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.55 to $1511.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $56.53 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $62.54 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7539, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 98.812.