Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL), which rose 5.29% or 0.62 points to trade at 12.33 at the close. Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI) added 4.73% or 0.23 points to end at 5.09 and Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TSX:ZZZ) was up 2.83% or 0.77 points to 28.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM), which lost 7.54% or 0.90 points to trade at 11.04 in late trade. Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN) declined 6.13% or 0.92 points to end at 14.09 and Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) shed 5.97% or 1.04 points to 16.37.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 534 to 406 and 94 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 down 5.22% to 8.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.54% or 13.20 to $2,446.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.71% or 0.58 to hit $80.86 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.33 to trade at $84.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.19% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 103.90.