Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG), which rose 2.99% or 0.44 points to trade at 15.14 at the close. BCE Inc (TSX:BCE) added 2.44% or 1.34 points to end at 56.19 and Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) was up 1.96% or 2.36 points to 122.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 9.17% or 0.31 points to trade at 3.07 in late trade. Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) declined 4.93% or 0.89 points to end at 17.15 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) shed 4.06% or 0.96 points to 22.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 632 to 318 and 120 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 5.23% to 12.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 3.35 to $1,944.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $78.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $83.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.07% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 103.94.