Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Colliers International Group Inc Bats (TSX:CIGI), which rose 9.67% or 14.35 points to trade at 162.74 at the close. Enerplus Corporation (TSX:ERF) added 8.15% or 1.57 points to end at 20.84 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR) was up 4.90% or 0.25 points to 5.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD), which lost 24.42% or 6.43 points to trade at 19.90 in late trade. Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) declined 14.70% or 7.66 points to end at 44.45 and Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd (TSX:FFH) shed 11.88% or 166.85 points to 1,237.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 575 to 385 and 116 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 4.04% to 11.84.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 2.85 to $2,048.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 3.63% or 2.68 to hit $76.54 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 3.28% or 2.60 to trade at $81.81 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.01% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 104.01.