Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.65% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.65%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII), which rose 3.09% or 2.84 points to trade at 94.78 at the close. Colliers International Group Inc Bats (TSX:CIGI) added 2.71% or 3.45 points to end at 130.56 and Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd (TSX:FFH) was up 2.42% or 12.57 points to 532.84 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET), which lost 8.99% or 0.98 points to trade at 9.92 in late trade. Enerplus Corporation (TSX:ERF) declined 8.18% or 0.59 points to end at 6.62 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) shed 7.83% or 0.57 points to 6.71.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 662 to 415 and 93 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.45% or 7.70 to $1734.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 8.25% or 5.33 to hit $59.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 8.21% or 5.58 to trade at $62.42 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.87% to 0.7992, while CAD/EUR fell 0.30% to 0.6709.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 91.858.