Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR), which rose 9.55% or 0.49 points to trade at 5.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) added 8.10% or 0.23 points to end at 3.07 and Quebecor Inc (TO:QBRb) was up 6.21% or 2.11 points to 36.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH), which fell 8.01% or 4.78 points to trade at 54.90 at the close. ShawCor Ltd . (TO:SCL) declined 7.92% or 2.50 points to end at 29.07 and Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TO:CHE_u) was down 6.08% or 1.11 points to 17.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 410 to 397 and 117 ended unchanged.
Shares in Quebecor Inc (TO:QBRb) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.21% or 2.11 to 36.11.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.99% to 16.24.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.58% or 7.35 to $1268.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $46.45 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.35 to trade at $47.95 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.7789, while CAD/EUR rose 0.54% to 0.6847.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 94.13.