Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, 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 Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which rose 8.75% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.870 at the close. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) added 8.67% or 3.35 points to end at 41.99 and Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA) was up 7.67% or 0.495 points to 6.945 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa), which lost 9.33% or 3.25 points to trade at 31.60 in late trade. Silvercorp Metals Inc (TSX:SVM) declined 4.29% or 0.320 points to end at 7.140 and Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP (TSX:BEP_u) shed 3.57% or 2.27 points to 61.29.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 631 to 451 and 114 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 13.60% to 12.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.06% or 0.85 to $1474.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.87% or 0.51 to hit $59.27 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.62 to trade at $64.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7584, while CAD/EUR rose 0.00% to 0.6818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 97.297.