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Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Waste Connections Inc (TSX:WCN), which rose 4.86% or 6.05 points to trade at 130.50 at the close. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TSX:ATDb) added 3.93% or 1.72 points to end at 45.45 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) was up 3.87% or 1.05 points to 28.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX), which lost 5.13% or 1.32 points to trade at 24.39 in late trade. Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TSX:VII) declined 4.94% or 0.16 points to end at 3.08 and NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG) shed 4.84% or 0.60 points to 11.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 683 to 332 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.65% or 11.90 to $1808.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.35% or 1.37 to hit $39.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.22% or 0.96 to trade at $42.33 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.52% to 0.7361, while CAD/EUR fell 0.10% to 0.6524.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 96.765.
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