Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI), which rose 7.81% or 0.210 points to trade at 2.900 at the close. Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) added 6.17% or 0.69 points to end at 11.88 and ECN Capital Corp (TO:ECN) was up 5.95% or 0.16 points to 2.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which lost 8.42% or 2.16 points to trade at 23.49 in late trade. Intertain Group (TO:IT) declined 6.34% or 0.55 points to end at 8.12 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) shed 4.39% or 0.950 points to 20.670.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 660 to 516 and 126 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 14.76% to 15.71.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.52% or 6.35 to $1217.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.29% or 0.59 to hit $44.98 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.54 to trade at $46.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.47% to 0.7402, while CAD/EUR rose 0.13% to 0.6964.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 100.94.