Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Avigilon Corp (TO:AVO), which rose 5.04% or 0.64 points to trade at 13.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) added 3.88% or 0.29 points to end at 7.76 and Pengrowth Energy Corporation (TO:PGF) was up 3.51% or 0.04 points to 1.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankers Petroleum Ltd . (TO:BNK), which fell 14.58% or 0.210 points to trade at 1.230 at the close. Newalta Corporation (TO:NAL) declined 6.73% or 0.28 points to end at 3.88 and Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) was down 5.95% or 3.12 points to 49.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 844 to 529 and 199 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bankers Petroleum Ltd. (TO:BNK) fell to 5-year lows; losing 14.58% or 0.210 to 1.230. Shares in Newalta Corporation (TO:NAL) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.73% or 0.28 to 3.88.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 9.02% to 18.61.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.72% or 7.60 to $1061.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.29% or 1.31 to hit $41.26 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 3.53% or 1.50 to trade at $43.99 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7494, while CAD/EUR fell 2.99% to 0.6848.
The US Dollar Index was down 2.23% at 97.81.