Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Utilities and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS), which rose 12.14% or 7.68 points to trade at 70.96 at the close. Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) added 10.53% or 1.630 points to end at 17.110 and ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) was up 8.27% or 0.110 points to 1.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TO:ZZZ), which lost 13.01% or 5.02 points to trade at 33.58 in late trade. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 7.56% or 1.16 points to end at 14.18 and Imperial Oil Limited (TO:IMO) shed 5.52% or 2.29 points to 39.17.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 581 to 522 and 137 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 3.29% to 13.81 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1276.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.79% or 0.43 to hit $54.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $60.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7806, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6696.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.62.