Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which rose 18.27% or 14.52 points to trade at 93.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Mullen Group Ltd . (TSX:MTL) added 9.30% or 1.32 points to end at 15.51 and CES Energy Solutions Corp (TSX:CEU) was up 5.45% or 0.40 points to 7.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb), which fell 5.44% or 3.73 points to trade at 64.85 at the close. Boyd Group Services Inc (TSX:BYD) declined 3.26% or 7.10 points to end at 210.75 and Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI) was down 3.23% or 0.15 points to 4.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 463 to 429 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) rose to 5-year highs; up 18.27% or 14.52 to 93.99.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 6.24% to 11.11.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.70% or 19.10 to $2,748.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $70.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.26 to trade at $74.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.51% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 103.89.