Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Gildan Activewear Inc. (TO:GIL), which rose 21.60% or 7.30 points to trade at 41.10 at the close. Norbord Inc (TO:OSB) added 9.02% or 4.23 points to end at 51.13 and Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII) was up 8.13% or 1.22 points to 16.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K), which lost 4.10% or 0.19 points to trade at 4.44 in late trade. IGM Financial Inc . (TO:IGM) declined 3.87% or 1.53 points to end at 37.96 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) shed 3.77% or 0.360 points to 9.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 8.21% to 11.97.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.20 to $1214.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.42% or 0.29 to hit $68.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.26 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7676, while CAD/EUR rose 0.08% to 0.6633.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.12.