Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP), which rose 5.92% or 1.36 points to trade at 24.32 at the close. Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSX:RCH) added 5.70% or 2.02 points to end at 37.47 and Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) was up 4.65% or 1.07 points to 24.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL), which lost 5.64% or 0.97 points to trade at 16.22 in late trade. Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) declined 4.80% or 2.03 points to end at 40.30 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) shed 4.42% or 0.43 points to 9.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 623 to 381 and 112 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 February delivery was up 0.15% or 2.80 to $1869.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.32% or 0.17 to hit $53.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $56.11 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.00% to 0.7915, while CAD/EUR fell 0.39% to 0.6512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 90.125.