Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the gained 0.22% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the were Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:), which rose 4.04% or 0.46 points to trade at 11.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:) added 3.66% or 0.35 points to end at 9.91 and ATS Corporation (TSX:) was up 3.52% or 1.53 points to 45.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aya Gold & Silver Inc (TSX:), which fell 4.05% or 0.55 points to trade at 13.03 at the close. Saputo Inc (TSX:) declined 1.48% or 0.39 points to end at 25.88 and Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:) was down 1.48% or 0.39 points to 25.94.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 577 to 301 and 124 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.34% to 10.58.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.11% or 3.00 to $2,661.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $68.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.38 to trade at $72.68 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.25% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 106.13.
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