Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa), which rose 8.84% or 1.18 points to trade at 14.53 at the close. SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM) added 6.36% or 0.43 points to end at 7.19 and Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL) was up 5.34% or 1.25 points to 24.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which lost 6.95% or 5.36 points to trade at 71.80 in late trade. Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) declined 3.68% or 0.72 points to end at 18.84 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) shed 3.30% or 0.13 points to 3.81.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 482 to 479 and 91 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 6.07% to 9.26.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.70% or 16.70 to $2,392.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.00% or 1.48 to hit $75.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 1.45 to trade at $79.86 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.01% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 104.07.