Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Brookfield Asset Management Inc (TSX:BAMa), which rose 6.42% or 4.62 points to trade at 76.63 at the close. Manulife Financial Corporation (TSX:MFC) added 3.68% or 0.99 points to end at 27.89 and Riocan REIT (TSX:REI_u) was up 3.49% or 0.79 points to 23.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 15.56% or 6.76 points to trade at 36.69 in late trade. Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX:SLF) declined 5.47% or 4.04 points to end at 69.77 and Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TSX:RBA) shed 5.22% or 4.13 points to 74.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 638 to 402 and 95 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 1.06% to 21.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.34% or 6.30 to $1830.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.59% or 0.53 to hit $90.19 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.05 to trade at $91.50 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7867, while CAD/EUR fell 0.49% to 0.6871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.545.