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Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.40%

Published 12/29/2016, 04:25 PM
Updated 12/29/2016, 04:25 PM
© Reuters.  Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.40%

© Reuters. Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.40%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and REITs sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.40% to hit a new 52-week high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG), which rose 12.60% or 2.440 points to trade at 21.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG) added 12.53% or 0.490 points to end at 4.400 and Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) was up 12.39% or 0.710 points to 6.440 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teck Resources Ltd B (TO:TECKb), which fell 2.90% or 0.82 points to trade at 27.45 at the close. ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TO:ATA) declined 2.56% or 0.33 points to end at 12.55 and HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) was down 2.47% or 0.19 points to 7.49.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 728 to 401 and 120 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 11.80% to 12.32.

Gold for February delivery was up 1.61% or 18.35 to $1159.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.41% or 0.22 to hit $53.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.11 to trade at $56.85 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.38% to 0.7405, while CAD/EUR fell 0.28% to 0.7062.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 102.70.

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