Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.09% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL), which rose 2.36% or 0.62 points to trade at 26.93 at the close. NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG) added 2.31% or 0.11 points to end at 4.88 and Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE) was up 2.20% or 0.23 points to 10.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY), which lost 9.90% or 20.30 points to trade at 184.70 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) declined 1.86% or 0.27 points to end at 14.25 and Air Canada (TSX:AC) shed 1.29% or 0.23 points to 17.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 518 to 365 and 113 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 5.36% to 9.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.17% or 4.10 to $2,365.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.21% or 0.18 to hit $84.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.22 to trade at $87.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.03% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 104.82.