Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Industrials and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 1.06% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb), which rose 17.44% or 1.72 points to trade at 11.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Canaccord Genuity Group Inc (TO:CF) added 15.56% or 0.61 points to end at 4.53 and HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) was up 11.42% or 0.54 points to 5.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which fell 11.82% or 5.18 points to trade at 38.66 at the close. Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) declined 8.34% or 3.45 points to end at 37.93 and OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) was down 6.81% or 0.260 points to 3.560.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 802 to 508 and 329 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) fell to 3-years lows; losing 11.82% or 5.18 to 38.66.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.35% to 18.69.
Gold for April delivery was up 2.27% or 27.90 to $1257.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 4.60% or 1.77 to hit $40.23 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.70% or 1.09 to trade at $41.42 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.92% to 0.7705, while CAD/EUR rose 0.07% to 0.6807.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.96% at 94.78.