Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Parex Resources Inc (TO:PXT), which rose 11.39% or 1.570 points to trade at 15.350 at the close. Silver Standard Resources Inc . (TO:SSO) added 10.73% or 1.94 points to end at 20.02 and Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) was up 10.24% or 5.31 points to 57.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 11.16% or 3.99 points to trade at 31.76 in late trade. Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust (TO:D_u) declined 8.98% or 1.67 points to end at 16.92 and Just Energy Group Inc . (TO:JE) shed 8.28% or 0.65 points to 7.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 581 to 579 and 153 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 4.91% to 13.04.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.60% or 8.05 to $1343.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.98% or 1.66 to hit $43.37 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 4.25% or 1.87 to trade at $45.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.57% to 0.7702, while CAD/EUR rose 0.91% to 0.6913.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 95.87.