Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 2.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TSX:ZZZ), which rose 8.49% or 2.13 points to trade at 27.22 at the close. Fortis Inc (TSX:FTS) added 1.07% or 0.65 points to end at 61.66 and Canadian Utilities Limited (TSX:CU) was up 0.92% or 0.35 points to 38.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which lost 14.34% or 88.67 points to trade at 529.63 in late trade. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TSX:SNC) declined 13.32% or 3.84 points to end at 24.99 and Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) shed 10.33% or 2.13 points to 18.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 924 to 153 and 74 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 10.00% to 25.75 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.57% or 10.59 to $1,879.39 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.54% or 0.58 to hit $108.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.84 to trade at $110.98 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.77% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.01% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.93% at 103.55.