Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TO:KEL), which rose 13.36% or 0.41 points to trade at 3.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) added 12.89% or 0.49 points to end at 4.29 and Pengrowth Energy Corporation (TO:PGF) was up 11.11% or 0.08 points to 0.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which fell 14.65% or 0.52 points to trade at 3.03 at the close. Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) declined 9.98% or 0.44 points to end at 3.97 and Primero Mining Corp (TO:P) was down 9.64% or 0.320 points to 3.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 708 to 593 and 178 ended unchanged.
Shares in HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) fell to 5-year lows; down 14.65% or 0.52 to 3.03.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 14.30% to 23.14.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.91% or 9.90 to $1077.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.18% or 0.67 to hit $31.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.78% or 0.84 to trade at $31.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.24% to 0.6956, while CAD/EUR fell 0.09% to 0.6405.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 99.17.