India, April 17 -- After ending yesterday's choppy session modestly higher, Canadian stocks saw further upside over the course of the trading day on Thursday.
The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index spent morning trading bouncing back and forth across the unchanged before spending the afternoon hovering in positive territory.
The index ended the day up 86.02 points or 0.4 percent at 24,192.81, continuing to recover from the eight-month closing low set last Tuesday.
The higher close on Bay Street partly reflected continued strength among energy stocks, with the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index jumping by 2.2 percent amid a continued surge by the price of crude oil.
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