Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Energy and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.72% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa), which rose 10.56% or 1.23 points to trade at 12.88 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) added 10.53% or 0.24 points to end at 2.52 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) was up 9.88% or 1.97 points to 21.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa), which lost 11.22% or 4.37 points to trade at 34.57 in late trade. Osisko Mining Corp (TSX:OSK) declined 10.18% or 0.29 points to end at 2.56 and Stella-Jones Inc. (TSX:SJ) shed 6.11% or 4.82 points to 74.11.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 749 to 291 and 79 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 13.27% to 8.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 2.68% or 53.55 to $2,050.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.09% or 2.15 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.19% or 2.37 to trade at $76.63 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.81% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.25% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.88% at 101.58.