Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Clean Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT), which rose 7.35% or 6.25 points to trade at 91.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) added 5.44% or 1.26 points to end at 24.42 and Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) was up 5.19% or 1.14 points to 23.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NovaGold Resources Inc (TO:NG), which fell 12.68% or 0.70 points to trade at 4.82 at the close. Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) declined 5.28% or 1.030 points to end at 18.490 and Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC) was down 5.17% or 2.46 points to 45.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 640 to 431 and 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.28% or 1.030 to 18.490.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.92% to 13.54.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.00 to $1181.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.71% or 0.46 to hit $65.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.60 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.7599, while CAD/EUR fell 0.42% to 0.6679.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.48.
