Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which rose 4.67% or 0.22 points to trade at 4.93 at the close. Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAAS) added 4.39% or 1.06 points to end at 25.20 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was up 4.07% or 0.47 points to 12.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which lost 8.63% or 2.05 points to trade at 21.70 in late trade. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 7.69% or 0.210 points to end at 2.520 and Genworth MI Canada Inc . (TO:MIC) shed 6.00% or 2.21 points to 34.63.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 704 to 435 and 135 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 2.79% to 13.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.85% or 10.85 to $1288.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $55.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.68% to 0.7494, while CAD/EUR fell 0.13% to 0.7065.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.50.