Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW), which rose 10.69% or 1.01 points to trade at 10.46 at the close. Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) added 3.87% or 0.13 points to end at 3.49 and Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TO:SSL) was up 3.79% or 0.220 points to 6.020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 11.27% or 3.19 points to trade at 25.11 in late trade. Cenovus Energy Inc (TO:CVE) declined 5.46% or 0.65 points to end at 11.26 and Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) shed 5.40% or 0.19 points to 3.33.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 687 to 460 and 151 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 5.86% to 11.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.50% or 6.30 to $1254.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.06% or 0.60 to hit $57.20 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.65% or 1.03 to trade at $63.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.14% to 0.7810, while CAD/EUR rose 0.50% to 0.6630.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.62.