Toronto stocks ended higher in a very quiet trading session Thursday, as U.S. stock exchanges were closed for the American Thanksgiving holiday. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 20.11 points to close at 7,880.50.

Trading was muted, with just 134 million shares changing hands. Momentum was positive with advancers topping decliners 642 to 544.

Most TSX sectors showed fractional gains, with energy, industrials, materials, and mining groups leading the winners.

Bombardier shares were up 13¢, closing at $5.10. The company won a contract to supply 60 trains to an Austrian railway. Bombardier’s share of the order is worth $248 million.

EnCana stock climbed 39¢ to $47.19 as the energy giant won U.K. approval to develop a North Sea oil field.

WestJet shares fell 5¢ to $27.95 after the company said its VP of marketing and sales since its inception has resigned.

In earnings news, Leitch Technologies shares rose 13¢ to $4.81. The company reported a wider second-quarter loss after the markets closed Wednesday.

Hudson Bay Company shares rose 10¢ to $11.10 as it reported slightly higher third quarter earnings on flat sales.

Optipress, a major commercial publisher in Atlantic Canada, saw its shares surge 92¢ to $7.92 following a takeover offer from Transcontinental worth $8 a share. Transcontinental is the parent company of Investment Executive.

The junior S&P/TSX Venture composite index gained 7.27 points to close at 1,668.37.

The Canadian dollar slipped 0.19 of a cent to close at US76.49¢.