Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.14%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, REITs and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.14%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT), which rose 6.03% or 0.73 points to trade at 12.83 at the close. Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES) added 5.84% or 0.71 points to end at 12.86 and MDA Ltd (TSX:MDA) was up 5.54% or 0.98 points to 18.68 in late trade.

Biggest losers included NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG), which lost 12.74% or 0.72 points to trade at 4.93 in late trade. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) declined 4.93% or 0.41 points to end at 7.91 and NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI) shed 4.23% or 0.77 points to 17.44.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 463 to 438 and 108 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 5.41% to 11.70.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.26% or 7.05 to $2,676.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 5.41% or 3.79 to hit $73.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 5.21% or 3.85 to trade at $77.75 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.72.