Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.23%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Energy and IT sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.23%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Primo Water Corp (TSX:PRMW), which rose 8.85% or 2.62 points to trade at 32.21 at the close. North West Company Inc (TSX:NWC) added 7.16% or 3.27 points to end at 48.92 and IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) was up 4.31% or 0.28 points to 6.78 in late trade.

Biggest losers included First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:AG), which lost 8.12% or 0.58 points to trade at 6.56 in late trade. Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) declined 4.25% or 0.64 points to end at 14.43 and BRP Inc (TSX:DOO) shed 4.08% or 3.80 points to 89.35.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 504 to 411 and 113 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.74% to 11.50.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.80% or 20.15 to $2,546.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $72.68 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 101.03.