Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Telecoms and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 13.31% or 1.84 points to trade at 15.66 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 10.34% or 0.49 points to end at 5.23 and Cenovus Energy Inc (TO:CVE) was up 9.45% or 0.94 points to 10.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Goldcorp Inc. (TO:G), which lost 6.24% or 1.07 points to trade at 16.07 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) declined 5.23% or 0.52 points to end at 9.42 and OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) shed 4.62% or 0.160 points to 3.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 609 to 500 and 136 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 16.63% to 11.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.81% or 10.16 to $1259.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.78% or 0.38 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.63 to trade at $51.60 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.86% to 0.7966, while CAD/EUR fell 0.35% to 0.6822.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 93.77.