Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Energy and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BRP Inc. (TO:DOO), which rose 7.42% or 1.48 points to trade at 21.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) added 5.68% or 1.73 points to end at 32.19 and Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) was up 4.61% or 0.35 points to 7.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG), which fell 8.84% or 0.39 points to trade at 4.02 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 7.74% or 0.77 points to end at 9.18 and Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT) was down 5.51% or 0.070 points to 1.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 590 to 578 and 143 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.99% to 13.89.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.76% or 9.65 to $1271.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.50% or 0.77 to hit $50.46 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.63 to trade at $51.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.7863, while CAD/EUR rose 0.49% to 0.6949.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 94.07.