Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC), which rose 4.40% or 0.140 points to trade at 3.320 at the close. Meanwhile, Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) added 3.17% or 0.120 points to end at 3.900 and Norbord Inc (TO:OSB) was up 2.39% or 1.02 points to 43.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which fell 8.24% or 1.03 points to trade at 11.47 at the close. Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) declined 7.88% or 0.21 points to end at 2.52 and Husky Energy Inc . (TO:HSE) was down 6.77% or 1.29 points to 17.77.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 608 to 548 and 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) fell to all time lows; down 7.88% or 0.21 to 2.52.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.48% to 12.41.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.90% or 12.00 to $1327.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $63.80 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.19 to trade at $69.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.8046, while CAD/EUR fell 0.33% to 0.6575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 90.33.