Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.76% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.76% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which rose 22.16% or 9.95 points to trade at 54.85 at the close. Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TSX:VII) added 7.87% or 0.53 points to end at 7.20 and Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) was up 5.84% or 2.54 points to 46.04 in late trade.

Biggest losers included New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD), which lost 7.53% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.210 in late trade. NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI) declined 4.24% or 1.30 points to end at 29.34 and Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) shed 4.44% or 0.42 points to 9.05.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 613 to 422 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 2.34% or 42.90 to $1792.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.08% or 0.60 to hit $56.29 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.19 to trade at $58.88 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.34% to 0.7793, while CAD/EUR rose 0.25% to 0.6515.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 91.558.