Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which rose 23.16% or 14.60 points to trade at 77.65 at the close. SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM) added 8.89% or 1.86 points to end at 22.79 and Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) was up 5.08% or 0.45 points to 9.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC), which lost 20.32% or 2.04 points to trade at 8.00 in late trade. Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL) declined 7.72% or 3.31 points to end at 39.56 and Telus International Cda Inc (TSX:TIXT) shed 6.61% or 1.77 points to 25.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 661 to 300 and 104 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 1.63% to 14.33.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.08% or 21.95 to $2,058.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $68.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $72.40 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.57% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR rose 1.00% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.19.