Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Staples and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Primo Water Corp (TSX:PRMW), which rose 9.34% or 1.74 points to trade at 20.36 at the close. SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) added 8.25% or 0.50 points to end at 6.56 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) was up 5.42% or 1.18 points to 22.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI), which lost 11.76% or 0.52 points to trade at 3.90 in late trade. Stelco Holdings Inc (TSX:STLC) declined 8.96% or 3.81 points to end at 38.71 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) shed 8.59% or 0.33 points to 3.51.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 506 to 463 and 106 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 2.62% to 11.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.24% or 4.70 to $1,945.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.81% or 1.53 to hit $82.87 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 1.16 to trade at $86.39 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.21% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 102.47.