Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Energy and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (TO:POT), which rose 4.27% or 1.61 points to trade at 39.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) added 3.69% or 0.99 points to end at 27.79 and Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF) was up 3.14% or 0.07 points to 2.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb), which fell 5.68% or 0.79 points to trade at 13.13 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TO:FM) declined 4.74% or 0.86 points to end at 17.28 and HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) was down 4.39% or 0.49 points to 10.67.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 775 to 636 and 188 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.46% to 12.86.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1172.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.02% or 0.61 to hit $59.66 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.21 to trade at $63.27 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.48% to 0.8114, while CAD/EUR rose 0.49% to 0.7242.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.39.