Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Gold Inc (TO:NGD), which rose 10.91% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.220 at the close. Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) added 8.22% or 0.24 points to end at 3.16 and Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) was up 7.87% or 0.34 points to 4.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which lost 9.63% or 1.63 points to trade at 15.29 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 9.00% or 0.95 points to end at 9.61 and Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) shed 6.52% or 12.200 points to 174.910.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 628 to 483 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 up 2.97% to 25.65.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.94% or 12.10 to $1296.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.33% or 0.62 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.03 to trade at $55.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.73% to 0.7419, while CAD/EUR rose 0.24% to 0.6508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 95.797.