Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES), which rose 28.00% or 0.35 points to trade at 1.60 at the close. ShawCor Ltd . (TSX:SCL) added 16.11% or 0.29 points to end at 2.09 and Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) was up 9.11% or 2.39 points to 28.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM), which lost 4.58% or 0.41 points to trade at 8.54 in late trade. Canadian Tire Corp Ltd (TSX:CTCa) declined 4.01% or 5.09 points to end at 121.84 and Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) shed 3.57% or 36.78 points to 992.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 675 to 382 and 102 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 August delivery was up 1.00% or 17.10 to $1721.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.21% or 0.08 to hit $37.37 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.19 to trade at $39.98 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7405, while CAD/EUR fell 0.86% to 0.6537.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.820.