Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.54%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology , IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.54% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM ), which rose 7.63% or 0.90 points to trade at 12.70 at the close. Meanwhile, BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB ) added 6.81% or 0.22 points to end at 3.45 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS ) was up 6.24% or 0.64 points to 10.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TSX:TVE ), which fell 6.17% or 0.25 points to trade at 3.80 at the close. CES Energy Solutions Corp (TSX:CEU ) declined 6.10% or 0.47 points to end at 7.23 and International Petroleum Corp (TSX:IPCO ) was down 5.44% or 0.95 points to 16.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 580 to 363 and 101 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.19% to 10.74.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 10.65 to $2,695.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.23% or 2.25 to hit $67.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.87% or 2.09 to trade at $70.81 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.29% to 0.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.30.

Source: Investing.com