Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which rose 10.15% or 1.46 points to trade at 15.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Milestone Apartments REIT (TO:MST_u) added 9.87% or 1.94 points to end at 21.60 and Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb) was up 6.05% or 2.15 points to 37.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT), which fell 3.56% or 1.66 points to trade at 44.91 at the close. Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) declined 3.23% or 0.48 points to end at 14.36 and Klondex Mines Ltd. (TO:KDX) was down 2.91% or 0.200 points to 6.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 593 to 549 and 142 ended unchanged.
Shares in Milestone Apartments REIT (TO:MST_u) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.87% or 1.94 to 21.60.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.52% to 13.18.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.62% or 7.50 to $1204.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.31 to trade at $54.23 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.7510, while CAD/EUR fell 0.63% to 0.7043.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 101.11.