Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which rose 9.91% or 0.32 points to trade at 3.55 at the close. Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa) added 6.92% or 0.87 points to end at 13.44 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) was up 5.64% or 0.15 points to 2.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI), which lost 6.16% or 0.29 points to trade at 4.42 in late trade. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) declined 4.57% or 0.32 points to end at 6.68 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) shed 3.63% or 0.11 points to 2.92.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 669 to 316 and 102 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 10.13% to 18.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.39% or 7.60 to $1,923.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.93% or 0.63 to hit $68.24 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $74.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.01% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 104.12.