Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which rose 9.96% or 0.50 points to trade at 5.52 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) added 6.90% or 0.29 points to end at 4.49 and Tourmaline Oil Corp . (TO:TOU) was up 5.73% or 1.19 points to 21.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which lost 10.40% or 4.360 points to trade at 37.560 in late trade. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) declined 8.99% or 2.030 points to end at 20.550 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) shed 6.93% or 0.55 points to 7.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 628 to 539 and 120 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 up 0.43% to 11.73 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.60 to $1322.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $63.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $69.15 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7974, while CAD/EUR fell 0.63% to 0.6629.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 91.68.