Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, IT and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.52% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF), which rose 5.41% or 0.39 points to trade at 7.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TO:KEL) added 4.99% or 0.230 points to end at 4.840 and Nevsun Resources Ltd . (TO:NSU) was up 3.77% or 0.160 points to 4.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR), which fell 9.30% or 3.77 points to trade at 36.75 at the close. Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp (TO:CEU) declined 2.51% or 0.090 points to end at 3.500 and Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG) was down 2.42% or 0.16 points to 6.46.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 645 to 473 and 161 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.59% to 12.88.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.60 to $1213.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.12 to trade at $49.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.21% to 0.7631, while CAD/EUR rose 0.13% to 0.6844.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.57.