Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Encana Corporation (TO:ECA), which rose 8.31% or 1.02 points to trade at 13.29 at the close. Meanwhile, MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 7.39% or 0.41 points to end at 5.96 and Brookfield Business Partners LP (TO:BBU_u) was up 5.88% or 1.92 points to 34.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TO:SNC), which fell 6.99% or 3.84 points to trade at 51.10 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 4.71% or 1.63 points to end at 32.95 and BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) was down 4.13% or 0.45 points to 10.44.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 581 to 571 and 130 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.07% to 14.16.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1323.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.47% or 0.69 to hit $47.74 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.46 to trade at $49.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.46% to 0.7610, while CAD/EUR fell 0.51% to 0.6780.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.42.