TORONTO, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market kept edging up Thursday, with shares of equities and healthcare gains countering losses in the consumer discretionary and real estate sectors.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index edged up 11.76 points, or 0.08 percent, to conclude the day at 15,144.88 points.
The Canadian dollar added 0.38 cent to 0.7587 U.S. dollar.
On the market, Aphria Inc. jumped 90 cents, or 7.1 percent, to 13.55 Canadian dollars while Canopy Growth rose 1.83 Canadian dollars, or 4.1 percent, to 46.97 Canadian dollars.
Gold stocks also rose. Barrick Gold climbed 27 cents, or 1.6 percent, to 17.12 Canadian dollars while Kinross Gold edged up 0.5 cent to 3.26 Canadian dollars.
Among the technology group, Shopify soared 4.8 percent to 198.00 Canadian dollars while Constellation Software gained 65 cents to 901.03 Canadian dollars.
Out of consumer discretionary issues, Canadian Tire fell 1.5 percent to 152.69 Canadian dollars while Magna International declined 1.5 percent to 65.52 Canadian dollars.
In the real estate group, Colliers International Group dropped 1.7 percent to 82.16 Canadian dollars.
