Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII), which rose 7.13% or 1.79 points to trade at 26.89 at the close. Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH) added 5.67% or 3.09 points to end at 57.54 and Concordia Healthcare Corp (TO:CXR) was up 5.43% or 1.41 points to 27.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cogeco Communications Inc (TO:CCA), which lost 7.77% or 5.36 points to trade at 63.59 in late trade. Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) declined 5.78% or 0.42 points to end at 6.85 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) shed 5.65% or 0.42 points to 7.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 655 to 506 and 132 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 2.34% to 15.32.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.44% or 6.00 to $1361.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.74% or 2.25 to hit $45.18 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.77% or 2.33 to trade at $46.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.27% to 0.7695, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6956.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 96.30.