Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CCL Industries Inc (TO:CCLb), which rose 9.28% or 5.38 points to trade at 63.38 at the close. Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) added 4.63% or 0.22 points to end at 4.97 and SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TO:SNC) was up 3.96% or 2.12 points to 55.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stantec Inc. (TO:STN), which lost 11.02% or 4.04 points to trade at 32.61 in late trade. Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW) declined 9.06% or 1.06 points to end at 10.64 and Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) shed 8.96% or 0.310 points to 3.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 571 to 521 and 173 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 down 25.82% to 16.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1332.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.65% or 1.02 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.36% or 0.89 to trade at $66.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7864, while CAD/EUR fell 0.44% to 0.6380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 89.69.