Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.70% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Stelco Holdings Inc (TSX:STLC), which rose 10.24% or 4.23 points to trade at 45.55 at the close. Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) added 8.08% or 2.71 points to end at 36.23 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) was up 7.72% or 0.38 points to 5.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE), which lost 9.83% or 4.10 points to trade at 37.60 in late trade. Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO) declined 4.99% or 4.60 points to end at 87.51 and Element Fleet Management Corp (TSX:EFN) shed 4.81% or 0.66 points to 13.07.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 593 to 357 and 107 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 4.10% to 16.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.93% or 17.20 to $1865.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.33% or 0.27 to hit $81.61 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.27 to trade at $82.91 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.69% to 0.7948, while CAD/EUR fell 0.42% to 0.6941.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 95.157.