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 added 0.87% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the were MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:), which rose 11.12% or 4.75 points to trade at 47.45 at the close. Meanwhile, NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:) added 9.70% or 0.49 points to end at 5.54 and Pan American Silver Corp (TSX:) was up 6.10% or 1.88 points to 32.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CES Energy Solutions Corp (TSX:), which fell 5.26% or 0.41 points to trade at 7.39 at the close. Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:) declined 3.96% or 0.41 points to end at 9.95 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:) was down 3.60% or 1.12 points to 29.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 639 to 313 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pan American Silver Corp (TSX:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.10% or 1.88 to 32.72.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.30% to 8.76.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.69% or 40.10 to $2,419.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.04% or 0.85 to hit $82.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.57 to trade at $85.65 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.43% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 104.16.
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