Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.42% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL), which rose 11.55% or 2.840 points to trade at 27.430 at the close. Barrick Gold Corporation (TO:ABX) added 9.33% or 1.40 points to end at 16.41 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was up 9.14% or 0.55 points to 6.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intertape Polymer Group Inc . (TO:ITP), which lost 6.50% or 1.22 points to trade at 17.54 in late trade. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 6.34% or 0.22 points to end at 3.25 and Suncor Energy Inc (TO:SU) shed 5.14% or 2.51 points to 46.29.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 796 to 350 and 101 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 8.69% to 18.26 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 2.86% or 34.10 to $1227.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.13% or 2.29 to hit $70.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.49% or 2.90 to trade at $80.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7678, while CAD/EUR fell 0.33% to 0.6619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 94.68.