Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which rose 6.34% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) added 5.39% or 1.16 points to end at 22.68 and Dollarama Inc (TO:DOL) was up 5.26% or 7.88 points to 157.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV), which fell 5.74% or 0.310 points to trade at 5.090 at the close. Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) declined 5.10% or 0.100 points to end at 1.860 and Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) was down 4.34% or 0.51 points to 11.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 641 to 477 and 159 ended unchanged.
Shares in Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.74% or 0.310 to 5.090. Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.39% or 1.16 to 22.68. Shares in Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.10% or 0.100 to 1.860.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.14% to 11.36.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.33% or 16.90 to $1249.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.18% or 0.66 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 0.92 to trade at $62.14 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.54% to 0.7779, while CAD/EUR fell 0.32% to 0.6608.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.75.