Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Nevsun Resources Ltd . (TO:NSU), which rose 7.92% or 0.210 points to trade at 2.860 at the close. Meanwhile, Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TO:FFH) added 5.00% or 30.32 points to end at 636.62 and Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) was up 3.82% or 4.910 points to 133.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cineplex Inc . (TO:CGX), which fell 5.53% or 2.08 points to trade at 35.53 at the close. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) declined 5.38% or 0.57 points to end at 10.03 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) was down 4.04% or 0.14 points to 3.21.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 577 to 488 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cineplex Inc. (TO:CGX) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.53% or 2.08 to 35.53. Shares in Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.04% or 0.14 to 3.21.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.36% to 12.81.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.24% or 3.17 to $1291.53 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.63% or 0.79 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.38 to trade at $52.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.21% to 0.7983, while CAD/EUR rose 0.25% to 0.6764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.22.