Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Energy and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.91% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which rose 33.89% or 2.03 points to trade at 8.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Toromont Industries Ltd . (TO:TIH) added 6.76% or 3.17 points to end at 50.09 and Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) was up 5.47% or 1.21 points to 23.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were New Gold Inc . (TO:NGD), which fell 8.67% or 0.360 points to trade at 3.790 at the close. Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) declined 6.78% or 0.510 points to end at 7.010 and Goldcorp Inc. (TO:G) was down 4.77% or 0.94 points to 18.78.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 790 to 370 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Toromont Industries Ltd. (TO:TIH) rose to all time highs; rising 6.76% or 3.17 to 50.09. Shares in Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.47% or 1.21 to 23.32.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 10.21% to 12.63.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.55 to $1265.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.75% or 0.37 to hit $49.25 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.33 to trade at $52.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7340, while CAD/EUR rose 0.22% to 0.6749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.00.