Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the REITs, Energy and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO), which rose 5.79% or 0.180 points to trade at 3.290 at the close. Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG) added 5.43% or 0.260 points to end at 5.050 and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH) was up 5.22% or 3.19 points to 64.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amaya Inc (TO:AYA), which lost 6.20% or 1.42 points to trade at 21.50 in late trade. Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW) declined 3.86% or 0.36 points to end at 8.97 and Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb) shed 3.45% or 1.22 points to 34.19.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 573 to 547 and 131 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 0.85% to 15.41.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.25 to $1259.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.50% or 0.25 to hit $50.43 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.20 to trade at $52.01 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.61% to 0.7579, while CAD/EUR rose 0.15% to 0.6852.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.45% at 97.55.