Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.03% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC), which rose 13.80% or 1.62 points to trade at 13.36 at the close. Stantec Inc (TSX:STN) added 9.33% or 6.62 points to end at 77.61 and Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL) was up 6.05% or 2.48 points to 43.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE), which lost 8.11% or 1.26 points to trade at 14.27 in late trade. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) declined 6.97% or 0.84 points to end at 11.21 and Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) shed 4.04% or 0.20 points to 4.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 498 to 475 and 129 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 4.59% to 13.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.63% or 11.65 to $1,829.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.22% or 1.64 to hit $75.59 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.30% or 1.85 to trade at $82.45 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.12% to 0.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.55.