Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, IT and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TransCanada Corporation (TO:TRP), which rose 5.43% or 3.06 points to trade at 59.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) added 4.75% or 0.190 points to end at 4.190 and BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) was up 4.33% or 0.57 points to 13.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which fell 7.48% or 1.43 points to trade at 17.69 at the close. Parex Resources Inc (TO:PXT) declined 5.47% or 1.340 points to end at 23.170 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) was down 4.62% or 0.520 points to 10.730.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 579 to 499 and 122 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 12.51% to 11.96.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.41% or 5.00 to $1222.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.28 to trade at $72.62 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.71% to 0.7544, while CAD/EUR fell 0.72% to 0.6477.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.95.
