Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY), which rose 7.62% or 0.310 points to trade at 4.380 at the close. Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) added 6.85% or 0.300 points to end at 4.680 and Spartan Energy Corp (TO:SPE) was up 6.78% or 0.460 points to 7.240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN), which lost 16.07% or 1.440 points to trade at 7.520 in late trade. Descartes Systems Group Inc (TO:DSG) declined 6.57% or 2.52 points to end at 35.81 and Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) shed 3.29% or 2.73 points to 80.13.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 714 to 438 and 130 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 28.17% to 10.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.56% or 7.21 to $1274.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.11 to trade at $62.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.24% to 0.7755, while CAD/EUR fell 0.78% to 0.6510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 92.92.