Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Clean Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.33% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TO:ATA), which rose 11.08% or 1.92 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Spartan Energy Corp (TO:SPE) added 6.56% or 0.420 points to end at 6.820 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TO:VET) was up 6.04% or 2.64 points to 46.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which lost 7.13% or 0.910 points to trade at 11.850 in late trade. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) declined 3.62% or 0.270 points to end at 7.190 and Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) shed 2.83% or 2.32 points to 79.53.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 573 to 498 and 141 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 3.35% to 12.10.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1290.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $71.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $79.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7811, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.40.