Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.54%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.54% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM), which rose 7.63% or 0.90 points to trade at 12.70 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB) added 6.81% or 0.22 points to end at 3.45 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) was up 6.24% or 0.64 points to 10.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TSX:TVE), which lost 6.17% or 0.25 points to trade at 3.80 in late trade. CES Energy Solutions Corp (TSX:CEU) declined 6.10% or 0.47 points to end at 7.23 and International Petroleum Corp (TSX:IPCO) shed 5.44% or 0.95 points to 16.50.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 580 to 363 and 101 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 2.19% to 10.74.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 10.70 to $2,695.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.21% or 2.24 to hit $67.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.87% or 2.09 to trade at $70.81 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.29% to 0.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.30.