Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, IT and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.46% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI), which rose 3.70% or 0.32 points to trade at 8.96 at the close. Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TSX:AQN) added 2.90% or 0.28 points to end at 9.92 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 2.61% or 0.04 points to 1.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TransAlta Renewables Inc. (TSX:RNW), which lost 17.00% or 2.44 points to trade at 11.91 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) declined 14.72% or 4.76 points to end at 27.57 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) shed 11.16% or 1.37 points to 10.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 742 to 290 and 87 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 0.91% to 16.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.75% or 31.85 to $1,786.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.37% or 1.06 to hit $76.22 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 1.31 to trade at $81.39 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.86% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.31% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.80% at 104.24.