Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Mining and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Capstone Mining Corp. (TO:CS), which rose 8.89% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Canadian Tire Corp Ltd (TO:CTCa) added 8.85% or 10.85 points to end at 133.44 and Constellation Software Inc. (TO:CSU) was up 6.34% or 26.000 points to 436.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW), which fell 11.84% or 0.58 points to trade at 4.32 at the close. Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT) declined 9.56% or 0.26 points to end at 2.46 and Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) was down 7.39% or 1.68 points to 21.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 736 to 715 and 192 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW) fell to 3-year lows; falling 11.84% or 0.58 to 4.32. Shares in Canadian Tire Corp Ltd (TO:CTCa) rose to all time highs; rising 8.85% or 10.85 to 133.44. Shares in Constellation Software Inc. (TO:CSU) rose to all time highs; rising 6.34% or 26.000 to 436.000.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was up 0.20% to 14.89.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.66% or 7.90 to $1209.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 4.13% or 2.10 to hit $48.88 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 1.86% or 1.15 to trade at $60.48 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.65% to 0.7986, while CAD/EUR rose 0.83% to 0.7134.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.18% at 95.36.