Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC), which rose 9.98% or 0.400 points to trade at 4.410 at the close. Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) added 7.63% or 0.56 points to end at 7.90 and Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG) was up 5.64% or 0.36 points to 6.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Spin Master Corp (TO:TOY), which lost 10.65% or 4.53 points to trade at 38.00 in late trade. Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD) declined 5.93% or 1.270 points to end at 20.130 and Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) shed 4.91% or 0.66 points to 12.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 685 to 379 and 130 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 2.05% to 12.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.03% or 0.45 to $1286.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.50 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $66.07 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7438, while CAD/EUR rose 0.08% to 0.6642.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.79% at 97.565.