Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, IT and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS), which rose 7.24% or 9.70 points to trade at 143.65 at the close. Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce (TSX:CM) added 5.51% or 4.05 points to end at 77.55 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) was up 4.10% or 0.29 points to 7.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT), which lost 23.64% or 4.08 points to trade at 13.18 in late trade. Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) declined 4.21% or 1.20 points to end at 27.28 and National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA) shed 2.29% or 2.91 points to 124.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 582 to 329 and 112 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 0.09% to 10.90.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.65% or 16.55 to $2,554.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.88% or 1.40 to hit $75.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 1.30 to trade at $78.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.37% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 101.32.