Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ensign Energy Services Inc . (TO:ESI), which rose 8.46% or 0.63 points to trade at 8.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) added 6.81% or 0.98 points to end at 15.38 and Air Canada (TO:AC) was up 5.47% or 0.650 points to 12.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG), which fell 6.30% or 0.38 points to trade at 5.65 at the close. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) declined 5.44% or 0.62 points to end at 10.77 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) was down 5.40% or 1.290 points to 22.590.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 569 to 550 and 154 ended unchanged.
Shares in Air Canada (TO:AC) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.47% or 0.650 to 12.530.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.26% to 14.62.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.01% or 12.80 to $1255.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.44% or 0.72 to hit $50.55 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 0.77 to trade at $52.63 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.25% to 0.7570, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.6785.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 96.70.