Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.93% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF), which rose 7.08% or 0.92 points to trade at 13.91 at the close. Bellatrix Exploration Ltd (TO:BXE) added 6.23% or 0.17 points to end at 2.90 and Silver Standard Resources Inc . (TO:SSO) was up 4.78% or 0.35 points to 7.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp . (TO:PRE), which lost 45.71% or 2.40 points to trade at 2.85 in late trade. Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) declined 8.26% or 0.18 points to end at 2.00 and Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) shed 6.74% or 0.24 points to 3.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 823 to 554 and 184 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 13.32% to 14.21.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.30 to $1160.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.08% or 1.07 to hit $52.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.66% or 1.52 to trade at $58.57 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.41% to 0.7879, while CAD/EUR rose 0.85% to 0.7143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 96.67.