Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII), which rose 7.13% or 1.79 points to trade at 26.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH) added 5.67% or 3.09 points to end at 57.54 and Concordia Healthcare Corp (TO:CXR) was up 5.43% or 1.41 points to 27.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cogeco Communications Inc (TO:CCA), which fell 7.77% or 5.36 points to trade at 63.59 at the close. Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) declined 5.78% or 0.42 points to end at 6.85 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) was down 5.65% or 0.42 points to 7.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 655 to 506 and 132 ended unchanged.
Shares in Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII) rose to all time highs; up 7.13% or 1.79 to 26.89.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.34% to 15.32.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.44% or 6.00 to $1361.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.74% or 2.25 to hit $45.18 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.77% or 2.33 to trade at $46.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.27% to 0.7695, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6956.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 96.30.