Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which rose 7.01% or 0.23 points to trade at 3.51 at the close. BELLUS Health Inc. (TSX:BLU) added 6.34% or 0.55 points to end at 9.23 and North West Company Inc (TSX:NWC) was up 5.36% or 2.01 points to 39.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ATS Corporation (TSX:ATS), which lost 4.71% or 2.56 points to trade at 51.84 in late trade. Nutrien Ltd (TSX:NTR) declined 4.63% or 4.45 points to end at 91.68 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) shed 3.68% or 2.61 points to 68.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 475 to 470 and 123 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 1.02% to 15.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.64% or 13.00 to $2,022.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.22% or 0.18 to hit $80.43 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.12 to trade at $84.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.35% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 101.58.