Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW), which rose 5.52% or 0.54 points to trade at 10.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Aecon Group Inc . (TO:ARE) added 4.12% or 0.58 points to end at 14.66 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 3.99% or 0.30 points to 7.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR), which fell 7.40% or 3.25 points to trade at 40.67 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 5.39% or 12.35 points to end at 216.73 and Tourmaline Oil Corp . (TO:TOU) was down 5.08% or 1.75 points to 32.71.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 703 to 645 and 191 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.79% to 19.88.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.26% or 3.10 to $1182.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.35 to hit $46.99 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.54 to trade at $50.23 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.69% to 0.7783, while CAD/EUR rose 1.47% to 0.6838.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 94.45.