Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.58% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Mullen Group Ltd . (TSX:MTL), which rose 5.14% or 0.66 points to trade at 13.50 at the close. Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES) added 4.71% or 0.30 points to end at 6.67 and Air Canada (TSX:AC) was up 2.75% or 0.66 points to 24.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC), which lost 12.36% or 4.90 points to trade at 34.73 in late trade. Sprott Inc . (TSX:SII) declined 11.89% or 8.35 points to end at 61.86 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) shed 11.22% or 1.37 points to 10.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 838 to 216 and 105 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 6.98% to 13.18.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.13% or 2.50 to $1,953.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.83% or 1.87 to hit $104.06 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 1.79 to trade at $108.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.61% to 0.80, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.47% to 0.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 100.60.