Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the REITs, Real Estate and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TO:CNQ), which rose 9.84% or 3.88 points to trade at 43.31 at the close. NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) added 6.83% or 0.370 points to end at 5.790 and Intertape Polymer Group Inc . (TO:ITP) was up 5.08% or 1.13 points to 23.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb), which lost 7.41% or 2.56 points to trade at 32.00 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) declined 4.74% or 0.45 points to end at 9.05 and Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) shed 3.77% or 2.34 points to 59.74.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 580 to 552 and 136 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 1.72% to 12.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.76% or 9.15 to $1200.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.17% or 0.59 to hit $49.69 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.55 to trade at $52.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.22% to 0.7403, while CAD/EUR fell 0.47% to 0.6998.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 101.97.