Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Clean Technology and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa), which rose 5.23% or 2.25 points to trade at 45.28 at the close. Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) added 3.24% or 3.29 points to end at 104.70 and Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa) was up 2.68% or 0.47 points to 18.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX), which lost 9.26% or 0.84 points to trade at 8.23 in late trade. New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) declined 7.08% or 0.31 points to end at 4.07 and NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG) shed 6.80% or 0.37 points to 5.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 526 to 403 and 104 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 2.13% to 9.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.82% or 50.06 to $2,706.64 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.34% or 0.24 to hit $70.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $73.42 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.10% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 106.67.