Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:BDGI), which rose 3.64% or 1.02 points to trade at 29.07 at the close. Magna International Inc (TSX:MG) added 2.79% or 2.09 points to end at 77.12 and Osisko Gold Ro (TSX:OR) was up 2.71% or 0.50 points to 18.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which lost 5.80% or 2.15 points to trade at 34.90 in late trade. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) declined 5.79% or 0.36 points to end at 5.86 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) shed 5.45% or 0.14 points to 2.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 730 to 242 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 up 6.99% to 13.31 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.57% or 10.95 to $1,916.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $71.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $76.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.64% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR fell 0.99% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 102.82.