Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K), which rose 8.86% or 0.46 points to trade at 5.65 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) added 6.57% or 0.37 points to end at 6.00 and Encana Corporation (TO:ECA) was up 5.60% or 0.70 points to 13.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 8.75% or 2.48 points to trade at 25.86 in late trade. ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) declined 6.74% or 0.190 points to end at 2.630 and Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) shed 5.98% or 3.17 points to 49.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 636 to 512 and 143 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 8.72% to 17.45 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.75 to $1304.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.59% or 0.72 to hit $44.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.17% or 0.55 to trade at $46.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7470, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6724.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 97.16.