Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Clean Technology and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.33% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TO:ATA), which rose 11.08% or 1.92 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Spartan Energy Corp (TO:SPE) added 6.56% or 0.420 points to end at 6.820 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TO:VET) was up 6.04% or 2.64 points to 46.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which fell 7.13% or 0.910 points to trade at 11.850 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) declined 3.62% or 0.270 points to end at 7.190 and Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) was down 2.83% or 2.32 points to 79.53.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 573 to 498 and 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TO:ATA) rose to 5-year highs; up 11.08% or 1.92 to 19.25.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.35% to 12.10.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1290.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $71.54 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $79.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7811, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.40.