Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials , Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.69%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Denison Mines Corp (TSX: DML ), which rose 14.18% or 0.37 points to trade at 2.98 at the close. Meanwhile, NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX: NXE ) added 11.08% or 1.05 points to end at 10.53 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX: EFR ) was up 10.69% or 0.79 points to 8.18 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were CAE Inc. (TSX: CAE ), which fell 3.86% or 1.41 points to trade at 35.09 at the close. MDA Ltd (TSX: MDA ) declined 3.52% or 1.04 points to end at 28.49 and Trisura Group Ltd (TSX: TSU ) was down 2.44% or 0.95 points to 38.03.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 634 to 303 and 67 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.25% to 12.25.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.16% or 30.55 to $2,671.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.98% or 1.42 to hit $73.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 1.27 to trade at $75.91 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.69, while CAD/EUR rose 0.89% to 0.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 109.09.