Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Clean Technology, Materials and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE), which rose 24.08% or 0.590 points to trade at 3.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Tourmaline Oil Corp . (TO:TOU) added 7.75% or 1.93 points to end at 26.83 and Tricon Capital Group Inc (TO:TCN) was up 7.03% or 0.76 points to 11.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Just Energy Group Inc . (TO:JE), which fell 9.71% or 0.68 points to trade at 6.32 at the close. Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) declined 8.63% or 2.36 points to end at 24.99 and Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS) was down 6.47% or 0.99 points to 14.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 613 to 507 and 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Just Energy Group Inc. (TO:JE) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.71% or 0.68 to 6.32. Shares in Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.63% or 2.36 to 24.99.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.11% to 13.01.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 1.99 to $1285.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.48% or 0.27 to hit $57.08 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.37 to trade at $63.86 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.38% to 0.7886, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6775.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 94.43.