OTTAWA: Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Healthcare and Energy sectors led shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high. The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Gran Tierra Energy Inc . (TO:GTE), which rose 3.99% or 0.140 points to trade at 3.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) added 3.98% or 0.62 points to end at 16.21 and NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) was up 3.63% or 0.230 points to 6.560 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Raging River Exploration Inc. (TO:RRX), which fell 6.19% or 0.61 points to trade at 9.25 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 3.34% or 0.890 points to end at 25.750 and Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) was down 2.65% or 0.74 points to 27.18.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 745 to 390 and 136 ended unchanged. The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 11.55% to 10.53. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.44% or 5.55 to $1254.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.06% or 0.54 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.48 to trade at $54.84 a barrel. CAD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.7453, while CAD/EUR rose 0.32% to 0.7002. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.62.
