Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.24%
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 556 to 411 and 112 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.81% or 14.35 to $1791.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $75.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.52 to trade at $76.36 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.95% to 0.8115, while CAD/EUR rose 0.82% to 0.6837.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 92.222.

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