Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Clean Technology and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Centerra Gold Inc. (TO:CG), which rose 3.32% or 0.25 points to trade at 7.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) added 2.99% or 0.20 points to end at 6.90 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) was up 2.96% or 0.38 points to 13.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Newalta Corporation (TO:NAL), which fell 4.30% or 0.66 points to trade at 14.70 at the close. Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (TO:GTE) declined 4.24% or 0.160 points to end at 3.610 and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TO:CP) was down 4.12% or 8.97 points to 208.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 768 to 680 and 168 ended unchanged.
Shares in Centerra Gold Inc. (TO:CG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.32% or 0.25 to 7.78.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.02% to 13.13.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1188.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.78% or 0.45 to hit $57.96 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.84 to trade at $62.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.15% to 0.8042, while CAD/EUR fell 0.26% to 0.7344.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 97.12.