Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Interfor Corp (TO:IFP), which rose 2.38% or 0.26 points to trade at 11.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Avigilon Corp (TO:AVO) added 2.16% or 0.28 points to end at 13.27 and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT) was up 2.14% or 0.83 points to 39.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Surge Energy Inc . (TO:SGY), which fell 5.56% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.380 at the close. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 5.53% or 0.40 points to end at 6.83 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was down 5.10% or 1.56 points to 29.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 818 to 372 and 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.10% or 1.56 to 29.05.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.01% to 17.80.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.38% or 4.85 to $1283.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.87% or 1.86 to hit $46.15 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.61% or 1.77 to trade at $47.20 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.37% to 0.7716, while CAD/EUR fell 0.15% to 0.6869.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.72.