Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.69% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which rose 12.55% or 0.63 points to trade at 5.65 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) added 5.56% or 0.170 points to end at 3.230 and Enerflex Ltd . (TO:EFX) was up 4.88% or 0.68 points to 14.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS), which lost 16.06% or 7.68 points to trade at 40.15 in late trade. Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) declined 6.52% or 0.260 points to end at 3.730 and Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) shed 6.40% or 0.13 points to 1.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 845 to 305 and 115 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 15.45% to 19.73 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.42% or 5.50 to $1320.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.23% or 1.38 to hit $60.41 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.24 to trade at $64.27 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7939, while CAD/EUR fell 0.12% to 0.6481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.19.