Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc . (TO:TXG), which rose 4.23% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.970 at the close. Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) added 3.45% or 0.67 points to end at 20.09 and Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp (TO:CEU) was up 3.36% or 0.11 points to 3.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which lost 3.38% or 0.21 points to trade at 6.01 in late trade. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) declined 3.04% or 0.36 points to end at 11.47 and Dominion Diamond Corp (TO:DDC) shed 2.79% or 0.38 points to 13.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 681 to 479 and 146 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 down 3.35% to 13.00.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.35% or 4.30 to $1219.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $49.33 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.33 to trade at $49.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.39% to 0.7710, while CAD/EUR rose 0.03% to 0.6889.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 95.15.