Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.70% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND), which rose 13.05% or 1.72 points to trade at 14.90 at the close. Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) added 11.55% or 47.87 points to end at 462.28 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) was up 9.45% or 0.50 points to 5.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cascades Inc . (TSX:CAS), which lost 22.96% or 2.73 points to trade at 9.16 in late trade. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) declined 14.24% or 1.78 points to end at 10.72 and Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO) shed 12.80% or 5.69 points to 38.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 782 to 297 and 76 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 5.35% to 26.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.70% or 31.59 to $1,822.11 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.96% or 1.01 to hit $106.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.49 to trade at $108.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 0.77, while CAD/EUR rose 0.97% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.90% at 104.81.