Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.09%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.09%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which rose 18.27% or 14.52 points to trade at 93.99 at the close. Mullen Group Ltd . (TSX:MTL) added 9.30% or 1.32 points to end at 15.51 and CES Energy Solutions Corp (TSX:CEU) was up 5.45% or 0.40 points to 7.74 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb), which lost 5.44% or 3.73 points to trade at 64.85 in late trade. Boyd Group Services Inc (TSX:BYD) declined 3.26% or 7.10 points to end at 210.75 and Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI) shed 3.23% or 0.15 points to 4.50.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 463 to 429 and 124 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 down 6.24% to 11.11.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.70% or 19.05 to $2,748.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.27 to trade at $74.69 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.51% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 103.89.