Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI), which rose 11.25% or 1.93 points to trade at 19.08 at the close. TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) added 8.56% or 0.89 points to end at 11.29 and Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) was up 7.57% or 0.92 points to 13.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:AG), which lost 13.35% or 1.14 points to trade at 7.40 in late trade. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) declined 11.96% or 1.10 points to end at 8.10 and SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM) shed 11.36% or 0.87 points to 6.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 617 to 326 and 98 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 14.60% to 13.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.57% or 14.10 to $2,487.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.32% or 1.03 to hit $76.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.78 to trade at $80.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.55% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.18% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 104.20.