Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.60%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Flyer Industries Inc (TO:NFI), which rose 4.49% or 2.60 points to trade at 60.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (TO:BIP_u) added 2.30% or 1.20 points to end at 53.38 and Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (TO:WPM) was up 1.80% or 0.46 points to 26.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which fell 11.11% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.20 at the close. Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) declined 6.23% or 0.210 points to end at 3.160 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was down 5.69% or 0.29 points to 4.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 873 to 283 and 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in New Flyer Industries Inc (TO:NFI) rose to all time highs; up 4.49% or 2.60 to 60.50. Shares in Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) fell to 5-year lows; falling 11.11% or 0.15 to 1.20.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 12.87% to 12.98.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.57% or 7.50 to $1329.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.38% or 0.90 to hit $64.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.56 to trade at $68.91 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.17% to 0.7736, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6284.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.44.