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Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ECN Capital Corp (TSX:ECN), which rose 12.63% or 0.60 points to trade at 5.30 at the close. Hut 8 Mining Corp (TSX:HUT) added 7.39% or 0.770 points to end at 11.190 and Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG) was up 6.12% or 0.57 points to 9.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND), which lost 5.04% or 2.33 points to trade at 43.94 in late trade. Cascades Inc . (TSX:CAS) declined 3.48% or 0.48 points to end at 13.33 and Tourmaline Oil Corp . (TSX:TOU) shed 3.06% or 1.28 points to 40.49.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 779 to 262 and 96 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 9.63% to 13.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.41% or 7.45 to $1809.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.59% or 1.16 to hit $73.92 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.47 to trade at $76.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.20% to 0.7805, while CAD/EUR rose 0.15% to 0.6888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.015.
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