Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.94% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Empire Company Ltd (TO:EMPa), which rose 4.21% or 0.86 points to trade at 21.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Constellation Software Inc . (TO:CSU) added 3.98% or 26.29 points to end at 686.39 and Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF) was up 3.79% or 0.080 points to 2.190 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which fell 12.13% or 0.83 points to trade at 6.01 at the close. Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) declined 11.39% or 4.12 points to end at 32.04 and Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG) was down 8.60% or 0.270 points to 2.870.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 868 to 308 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Constellation Software Inc. (TO:CSU) rose to all time highs; rising 3.98% or 26.29 to 686.39. Shares in Asanko Gold Inc (TO:AKG) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.60% or 0.270 to 2.870.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.69% to 12.91.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.51% or 18.91 to $1229.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 5.02% or 2.40 to hit $45.42 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 4.80% or 2.44 to trade at $48.35 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.26% to 0.7265, while CAD/EUR fell 1.09% to 0.6618.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 98.59.