Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Utilities and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.15% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA), which rose 9.26% or 1.52 points to trade at 17.94 at the close. Gibson Energy Inc . (TSX:GEI) added 6.49% or 1.56 points to end at 25.59 and Capital Power Corporation (TSX:CPX) was up 5.96% or 3.69 points to 65.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toronto Dominion Bank (TSX:TD), which lost 7.08% or 5.64 points to trade at 74.02 in late trade. EQB Inc (TSX:EQB) declined 4.64% or 5.08 points to end at 104.37 and B2Gold Corp (TSX:BTO) shed 3.31% or 0.13 points to 3.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 462 to 453 and 111 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 3.93% to 9.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.81% or 21.80 to $2,654.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $72.25 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.37% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 105.71.