Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Real Estate and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TO:CNQ), which rose 5.30% or 2.04 points to trade at 40.50 at the close. Parex Resources Inc (TO:PXT) added 3.43% or 0.550 points to end at 16.600 and Finning International Inc . (TO:FTT) was up 2.53% or 0.65 points to 26.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF), which lost 10.64% or 0.45 points to trade at 3.78 in late trade. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) declined 8.97% or 1.09 points to end at 11.06 and Silver Standard Resources Inc . (TO:SSO) shed 8.80% or 1.32 points to 13.68.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 796 to 418 and 112 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 1.46% to 12.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.20% or 14.95 to $1235.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.23% or 1.20 to hit $52.63 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.27% or 1.28 to trade at $55.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.51% to 0.7465, while CAD/EUR fell 0.14% to 0.7105.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 102.17.