Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Energy and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.61% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Amaya Inc (TO:AYA), which rose 6.58% or 1.29 points to trade at 20.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Gildan Activewear Inc. (TO:GIL) added 4.95% or 1.81 points to end at 38.34 and Barrick Gold Corporation (TO:ABX) was up 4.14% or 0.40 points to 10.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Just Energy Group Inc . (TO:JE), which fell 10.47% or 0.98 points to trade at 8.38 at the close. Aecon Group Inc . (TO:ARE) declined 8.50% or 1.31 points to end at 14.11 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was down 7.56% or 0.43 points to 5.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 918 to 424 and 216 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 7.44% to 20.80 a new 1-month high.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.40 to $1083.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.00% or 1.29 to hit $41.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.13% or 1.46 to trade at $45.15 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7528, while CAD/EUR fell 0.88% to 0.6957.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 98.56.