Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canaccord Financial Inc (TO:CF), which rose 4.32% or 0.35 points to trade at 8.45 at the close. North West Company Inc. (TO:NWC) added 3.63% or 0.86 points to end at 24.58 and AGF Management Ltd (TO:AGFb) was up 2.28% or 0.15 points to 6.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trinidad Drilling Ltd. (TO:TDG), which lost 9.70% or 0.46 points to trade at 4.28 in late trade. Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa) declined 7.28% or 1.30 points to end at 16.56 and Dominion Diamond Corp (TO:DDC) shed 5.38% or 1.27 points to 22.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 794 to 601 and 189 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 1.00% to 13.86.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.40 to $1181.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.25% or 0.77 to hit $60.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.73 to trade at $64.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.18% to 0.8143, while CAD/EUR rose 0.29% to 0.7226.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 94.93.