Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.18% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TSX:DGC), which rose 12.55% or 2.53 points to trade at 22.69 at the close. Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY) added 12.19% or 4.57 points to end at 42.07 and Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI) was up 12.12% or 3.75 points to 34.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM), which lost 21.37% or 1.37 points to trade at 5.04 in late trade. Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) declined 15.86% or 0.360 points to end at 1.910 and Tourmaline Oil Corp . (TSX:TOU) shed 12.01% or 2.09 points to 15.31.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 582 to 475 and 113 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 1.76% to 12.14 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.36% or 19.50 to $1457.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 6.93% or 4.06 to hit $54.52 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $61.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7568, while CAD/EUR rose 0.01% to 0.6827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 98.140.