Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which rose 23.40% or 2.05 points to trade at 10.81 at the close. NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) added 13.28% or 0.870 points to end at 7.420 and Air Canada (TO:AC) was up 10.54% or 1.570 points to 16.460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aimia Inc (TO:AIM), which lost 62.71% or 5.60 points to trade at 3.33 in late trade. Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI) declined 6.08% or 0.47 points to end at 7.26 and Canadian Tire Corp Ltd (TO:CTCa) shed 5.94% or 9.87 points to 156.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 634 to 543 and 110 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 0.40% to 12.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.47% or 5.68 to $1224.58 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.01% or 0.48 to hit $47.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.06% or 0.53 to trade at $50.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.7302, while CAD/EUR fell 0.27% to 0.6720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 99.51.