Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC), which rose 15.66% or 1.01 points to trade at 7.46 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) added 7.14% or 0.15 points to end at 2.25 and Osisko Gold Ro (TSX:OR) was up 6.10% or 1.14 points to 19.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EQB Inc (TSX:EQB), which lost 9.17% or 8.70 points to trade at 86.18 in late trade. Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS) declined 8.87% or 13.70 points to end at 140.68 and Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE) shed 8.07% or 0.38 points to 4.33.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 567 to 375 and 121 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 1.16% to 12.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.47% or 9.55 to $2,052.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.33% or 0.26 to hit $78.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.18 to trade at $81.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.31% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 104.07.