Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Energy and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb), which rose 2.74% or 0.35 points to trade at 13.13 at the close. Nevsun Resources Ltd . (TO:NSU) added 2.74% or 0.120 points to end at 4.500 and Brookfield Business Partners LP (TO:BBU_u) was up 2.69% or 0.85 points to 32.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which lost 5.41% or 0.46 points to trade at 7.96 in late trade. Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) declined 4.49% or 0.20 points to end at 4.37 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) shed 3.55% or 0.27 points to 7.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 654 to 493 and 131 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 12.66% to 12.99.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.25 to $1196.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.55% or 0.81 to hit $53.06 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.78% or 0.98 to trade at $56.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.33% to 0.7612, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.7167.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 101.38.