Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Descartes Systems Group Inc (TSX:DSG), which rose 6.50% or 3.48 points to trade at 57.12 at the close. IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) added 6.14% or 0.24 points to end at 4.15 and Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE) was up 5.18% or 0.83 points to 16.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY), which lost 39.34% or 11.53 points to trade at 17.78 in late trade. Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES) declined 8.66% or 0.33 points to end at 3.48 and Air Canada (TSX:AC) shed 8.30% or 2.91 points to 32.16.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 781 to 299 and 94 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.67% or 27.40 to $1670.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.73% or 0.81 to hit $45.97 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.25% or 1.15 to trade at $49.98 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7461, while CAD/EUR fell 0.96% to 0.6642.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 96.545.