Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH_u), which rose 4.21% or 0.32 points to trade at 7.92 at the close. K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) added 3.85% or 0.22 points to end at 5.93 and Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) was up 2.84% or 0.18 points to 6.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which lost 6.12% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.92 in late trade. Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) declined 4.81% or 2.96 points to end at 58.56 and Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TSX:TVE) shed 3.63% or 0.13 points to 3.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 492 to 440 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 down 0.17% to 12.05 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.10% or 21.50 to $1,979.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.22% or 1.61 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.83% or 1.41 to trade at $75.54 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.67% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 103.30.