Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Interfor Corp (TO:IFP), which rose 9.20% or 1.40 points to trade at 16.62 at the close. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT) added 7.57% or 5.23 points to end at 74.30 and Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) was up 7.05% or 1.14 points to 17.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TO:RCH), which lost 8.35% or 2.07 points to trade at 22.73 in late trade. Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) declined 7.14% or 4.73 points to end at 61.53 and Great-West Lifeco Inc . (TO:GWO) shed 4.84% or 1.42 points to 27.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 571 to 484 and 141 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 3.86% to 16.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.32% or 4.05 to $1279.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.95% or 0.50 to hit $53.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $61.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.10% to 0.7488, while CAD/EUR rose 0.52% to 0.6620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.203.