Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.10% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC), which rose 8.45% or 2.21 points to trade at 28.36 at the close. Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) added 7.85% or 0.14 points to end at 1.85 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) was up 5.44% or 1.43 points to 27.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TSX:ZZZ), which lost 6.82% or 2.47 points to trade at 33.77 in late trade. BRP Inc (TSX:DOO) declined 4.55% or 5.60 points to end at 117.60 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) shed 4.11% or 0.96 points to 22.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 512 to 490 and 107 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 December delivery was up 2.01% or 34.55 to $1757.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.25% or 0.19 to hit $75.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.21 to trade at $78.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.82% to 0.7903, while CAD/EUR rose 0.94% to 0.6822.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.227.