Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Industrials and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD), which rose 7.17% or 10.60 points to trade at 158.41 at the close. goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY) added 5.13% or 10.38 points to end at 212.74 and Nutrien Ltd (TSX:NTR) was up 3.30% or 2.54 points to 79.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa), which lost 4.83% or 1.12 points to trade at 22.05 in late trade. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) declined 4.51% or 0.330 points to end at 6.980 and New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) shed 4.43% or 0.070 points to 1.510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 569 to 401 and 140 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.50 to $1795.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.92% or 1.33 to hit $67.97 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 1.32 to trade at $71.28 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.34% to 0.7905, while CAD/EUR rose 0.25% to 0.6683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.493.