Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.69% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CCL Industries Inc (TSX:CCLb), which rose 16.43% or 9.60 points to trade at 68.02 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 12.07% or 6.06 points to end at 56.28 and Enerplus Corporation (TSX:ERF) was up 8.56% or 1.90 points to 24.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX), which lost 10.02% or 0.62 points to trade at 5.57 in late trade. Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI) declined 7.39% or 1.91 points to end at 23.92 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) shed 6.12% or 0.17 points to 2.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 471 to 469 and 112 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 3.74% to 11.92.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.35 to $2,034.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.71% or 0.55 to hit $78.46 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.53 to trade at $83.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.15% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 103.87.