Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSX:RCH), which rose 11.07% or 2.46 points to trade at 24.68 at the close. Meanwhile, MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) added 3.88% or 0.19 points to end at 5.09 and Ensign Energy Services Inc (TSX:ESI) was up 3.86% or 0.16 points to 4.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC), which fell 5.62% or 0.200 points to trade at 3.360 at the close. Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) declined 3.61% or 0.060 points to end at 1.600 and Russel Metals Inc . (TSX:RUS) was down 2.85% or 0.64 points to 21.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 551 to 415 and 145 ended unchanged.
Shares in OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.62% or 0.200 to 3.360.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.79% to 10.45 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.90 to $1418.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.94% or 0.54 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.65 to trade at $63.17 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.02% to 0.7659, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.350.