Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Utilities and Financials 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 Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which rose 20.98% or 5.55 points to trade at 32.01 at the close. Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) added 3.46% or 2.09 points to end at 62.51 and ARC Resources Ltd . (TSX:ARX) was up 3.02% or 0.62 points to 21.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC), which lost 8.27% or 0.65 points to trade at 7.21 in late trade. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) declined 5.87% or 1.44 points to end at 23.08 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) shed 5.58% or 0.15 points to 2.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 542 to 410 and 111 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 3.72% to 11.14.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.25% or 5.15 to $2,032.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.75% or 1.25 to hit $72.62 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.60% or 1.23 to trade at $78.03 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.10% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 102.06.