Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL), which rose 8.43% or 3.710 points to trade at 47.720 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) added 7.33% or 1.090 points to end at 15.970 and Osisko Gold Ro (TO:OR) was up 6.29% or 0.87 points to 14.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS), which lost 11.41% or 1.70 points to trade at 13.20 in late trade. IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) declined 5.89% or 0.290 points to end at 4.630 and Finning International Inc . (TO:FTT) shed 4.98% or 1.30 points to 24.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 575 to 488 and 122 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 2.19% to 13.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.62% or 21.85 to $1326.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $56.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $66.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7560, while CAD/EUR rose 0.07% to 0.6670.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.495.