Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC), which rose 11.93% or 0.290 points to trade at 2.720 at the close. Real Matters Inc (TSX:REAL) added 3.41% or 0.46 points to end at 13.93 and Semafo Inc . (TSX:SMF) was up 3.38% or 0.090 points to 2.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Silvercorp Metals Inc (TSX:SVM), which lost 6.40% or 0.46 points to trade at 6.73 in late trade. ShawCor Ltd . (TSX:SCL) declined 6.31% or 0.71 points to end at 10.55 and Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) shed 4.82% or 2.35 points to 46.44.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 662 to 406 and 103 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.18% or 2.80 to $1573.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.71% or 0.38 to hit $52.95 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.17% or 0.69 to trade at $58.22 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.06% to 0.7581, while CAD/EUR fell 0.12% to 0.6871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 97.678.