Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.41% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ero Copper Corp (TO:ERO), which rose 10.52% or 1.70 points to trade at 17.86 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 4.43% or 2.530 points to end at 59.640 and Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) was up 3.67% or 0.49 points to 13.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM), which lost 3.96% or 0.40 points to trade at 9.71 in late trade. Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) declined 3.35% or 0.15 points to end at 4.33 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI) shed 3.32% or 0.14 points to 4.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 542 to 528 and 127 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 9.90% to 9.92 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.95 to $1277.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.38% or 0.24 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7475, while CAD/EUR rose 0.00% to 0.6654.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.132.