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Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.03%
© Reuters. Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.03%
Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Energy and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG), which rose 12.28% or 0.56 points to trade at 5.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Dollarama Inc (TSX:DOL) added 11.32% or 4.78 points to end at 46.99 and Alacer Gold Corp (TSX:ASR) was up 10.22% or 0.380 points to 4.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO), which fell 8.44% or 0.7200 points to trade at 7.8100 at the close. BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) declined 4.22% or 2.64 points to end at 59.88 and CannTrust Holdings Inc (TSX:TRST) was down 4.16% or 0.2900 points to 6.6800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 543 to 508 and 130 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.08% to 12.06.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.70% or 9.30 to $1346.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.09% or 1.07 to hit $52.21 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $61.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7502, while CAD/EUR fell 0.05% to 0.6649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.982.
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