Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Utilities and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.36% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lundin Gold Inc (TSX:LUG), which rose 4.87% or 0.74 points to trade at 15.92 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) added 4.10% or 1.01 points to end at 25.65 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) was up 4.05% or 0.58 points to 14.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG), which lost 5.65% or 0.24 points to trade at 4.01 in late trade. Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAAC) declined 4.25% or 0.28 points to end at 6.31 and Mattr Corp (TSX:MATR) shed 3.51% or 0.56 points to 15.39.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 534 to 424 and 105 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 2.17% to 12.72 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.21% or 4.25 to $2,020.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.77% or 2.08 to hit $77.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.85% or 2.28 to trade at $82.32 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR rose 0.77% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 103.30.