Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.01%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.01%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Enerplus Corporation (TSX:ERF), which rose 10.16% or 0.39 points to trade at 4.23 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) added 7.43% or 0.32 points to end at 4.55 and PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (TSX:PSK) was up 7.42% or 0.79 points to 11.43 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 3.87% or 1.60 points to trade at 39.70 in late trade. Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa) declined 3.41% or 1.23 points to end at 34.85 and Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSX:FNV) shed 3.12% or 5.43 points to 168.36.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 616 to 413 and 118 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.08% or 1.45 to $1837.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.81% or 1.28 to hit $46.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.87% or 1.40 to trade at $50.26 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.63% to 0.7852, while CAD/EUR rose 0.29% to 0.6476.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 90.873.