Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.38% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which rose 16.95% or 3.48 points to trade at 24.01 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) added 7.52% or 0.170 points to end at 2.430 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) was up 6.60% or 0.5700 points to 9.2100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 4.32% or 1.97 points to trade at 43.58 in late trade. NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG) declined 3.24% or 0.36 points to end at 10.74 and Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD) shed 3.19% or 0.32 points to 9.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 643 to 398 and 118 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 20.58% to 10.07 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.51% or 7.95 to $1552.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $59.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $65.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.7653, while CAD/EUR fell 0.17% to 0.6892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.153.