Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Husky Energy Inc . (TO:HSE), which rose 12.36% or 1.92 points to trade at 17.45 at the close. Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG) added 4.54% or 0.20 points to end at 4.61 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) was up 4.52% or 2.85 points to 65.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which lost 35.60% or 3.04 points to trade at 5.50 in late trade. Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) declined 10.72% or 0.85 points to end at 7.08 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) shed 10.39% or 1.01 points to 8.71.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 539 to 539 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 2.53% to 16.95 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.17% or 2.25 to $1291.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $52.26 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.09 to trade at $61.23 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.7533, while CAD/EUR fell 0.05% to 0.6613.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.708.