Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.19% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM), which rose 8.55% or 0.79 points to trade at 10.03 at the close. Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TSX:KEL) added 7.26% or 0.220 points to end at 3.250 and Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TSX:PEY) was up 6.58% or 0.24 points to 3.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which lost 8.93% or 0.76 points to trade at 7.75 in late trade. North West Company Inc (TSX:NWC) declined 7.25% or 2.25 points to end at 28.77 and Gran Tierra Energy Inc (TSX:GTE) shed 4.52% or 0.090 points to 1.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 560 to 513 and 121 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 1.18% to 11.73 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.70 to $1506.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.20% or 0.67 to hit $55.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $60.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7571, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 98.352.