Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Telecoms and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which rose 10.59% or 0.27 points to trade at 2.82 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 9.29% or 2.02 points to end at 23.77 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) was up 7.05% or 5.51 points to 83.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI), which lost 9.34% or 0.51 points to trade at 4.95 in late trade. Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX:EDR) declined 8.79% or 0.42 points to end at 4.36 and SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) shed 7.54% or 0.57 points to 6.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 648 to 328 and 116 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 7.42% to 10.23 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.35% or 26.65 to $1,943.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.37% or 1.08 to hit $79.86 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.89 to trade at $83.45 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 0.76, while CAD/EUR rose 0.88% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.91% at 101.56.