Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI), which rose 3.00% or 0.81 points to trade at 27.78 at the close. Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT) added 2.86% or 5.33 points to end at 191.48 and Primo Water Corp (TSX:PRMW) was up 2.74% or 0.58 points to 21.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TSX:LIF), which lost 9.48% or 4.37 points to trade at 41.73 in late trade. Stelco Holdings Inc (TSX:STLC) declined 8.98% or 4.17 points to end at 42.25 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN) shed 8.19% or 0.860 points to 9.640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 762 to 251 and 99 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 5.25 to $1779.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.95% or 1.27 to hit $63.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.92% or 1.31 to trade at $66.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.27% to 0.7800, while CAD/EUR fell 0.96% to 0.6679.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 93.578.