Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC), which rose 4.40% or 0.140 points to trade at 3.320 at the close. Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) added 3.17% or 0.120 points to end at 3.900 and Norbord Inc (TO:OSB) was up 2.39% or 1.02 points to 43.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which lost 8.24% or 1.03 points to trade at 11.47 in late trade. Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) declined 7.88% or 0.21 points to end at 2.52 and Husky Energy Inc . (TO:HSE) shed 6.77% or 1.29 points to 17.77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 608 to 548 and 127 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 0.48% to 12.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.90% or 12.10 to $1327.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $63.80 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.19 to trade at $69.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.8046, while CAD/EUR fell 0.35% to 0.6574.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 90.32.