Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Energy and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aecon Group Inc . (TO:ARE), which rose 19.43% or 3.21 points to trade at 19.73 at the close. Meanwhile, ECN Capital Corp (TO:ECN) added 5.91% or 0.23 points to end at 4.12 and Air Canada (TO:AC) was up 4.62% or 1.200 points to 27.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teck Resources Ltd B (TO:TECKb), which fell 8.44% or 2.47 points to trade at 26.81 at the close. Barrick Gold Corporation (TO:ABX) declined 7.68% or 1.55 points to end at 18.64 and Firstservice Corp (TO:FSV) was down 4.09% or 3.75 points to 87.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 550 to 542 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aecon Group Inc. (TO:ARE) rose to 5-year highs; rising 19.43% or 3.21 to 19.73. Shares in ECN Capital Corp (TO:ECN) rose to all time highs; up 5.91% or 0.23 to 4.12.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.33% to 11.99.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.80% or 10.24 to $1268.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.05% or 0.55 to hit $52.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 1.01 to trade at $59.45 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.43% to 0.7782, while CAD/EUR rose 0.92% to 0.6677.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.11% at 94.57.