Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Telecoms and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND), which rose 6.71% or 1.01 points to trade at 16.07 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 4.34% or 0.66 points to end at 15.87 and Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce (TSX:CM) was up 2.05% or 1.14 points to 56.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which lost 14.18% or 0.20 points to trade at 1.21 in late trade. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) declined 5.83% or 0.37 points to end at 5.98 and IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) shed 5.76% or 0.22 points to 3.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 724 to 260 and 111 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 up 2.67% to 16.15 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.20% or 23.65 to $1,940.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.31% or 2.46 to hit $71.88 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.86% or 2.24 to trade at $76.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.06% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 104.19.