Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.61% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 7.34% or 1.55 points to trade at 22.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) added 6.64% or 0.31 points to end at 4.98 and OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) was up 6.42% or 0.240 points to 3.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which fell 13.71% or 0.88 points to trade at 5.54 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) declined 10.86% or 0.48 points to end at 3.94 and Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) was down 10.81% or 1.10 points to 9.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 673 to 605 and 341 ended unchanged.
Shares in Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) rose to 3-years highs; rising 7.34% or 1.55 to 22.68. Shares in Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.64% or 0.31 to 4.98.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.36% to 19.14.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.52% or 18.60 to $1242.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.79% or 0.30 to hit $37.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.24 to trade at $39.60 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.46% to 0.7605, while CAD/EUR fell 0.21% to 0.6687.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.56.