Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Clean Technology, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL), which rose 14.62% or 4.98 points to trade at 39.04 at the close. Altus Group Limited (TSX:AIF) added 13.83% or 6.79 points to end at 55.88 and Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI) was up 7.20% or 1.71 points to 25.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which lost 6.75% or 2.56 points to trade at 35.34 in late trade. Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) declined 6.38% or 3.31 points to end at 48.56 and Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb) shed 5.92% or 1.76 points to 27.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 693 to 406 and 77 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 April delivery was down 1.28% or 23.00 to $1774.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.57% or 0.36 to hit $63.58 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $66.21 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.34% to 0.7964, while CAD/EUR fell 0.53% to 0.6534.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.078.