Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Mining and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE), which rose 6.42% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.82 at the close. Semafo Inc. (TO:SMF) added 5.68% or 0.21 points to end at 3.91 and BRP Inc. (TO:DOO) was up 4.99% or 1.13 points to 23.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RMP Energy Inc. (TO:RMP), which lost 25.98% or 0.990 points to trade at 2.820 in late trade. Painted Pony P (TO:PPY) declined 6.94% or 0.48 points to end at 6.44 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (TO:BIR) shed 6.34% or 0.44 points to 6.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 727 to 642 and 190 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 0.30% to 16.78.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 1.71% or 19.70 to $1171.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in May fell 2.45% or 1.15 to hit $45.51 a barrel, while the May Brent Oil contract fell 2.60% or 1.46 to trade at $54.45 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.28% to 0.7857, while CAD/EUR rose 0.76% to 0.7381.
The US Dollar Index was up 2.16% at 99.48.