Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Mullen Group Ltd . (TSX:MTL), which rose 8.56% or 0.79 points to trade at 10.02 at the close. Meanwhile, FirstService Corp (TSX:FSV) added 2.83% or 3.81 points to end at 138.57 and Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) was up 2.82% or 0.48 points to 17.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO), which fell 7.57% or 0.99 points to trade at 12.09 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) declined 6.19% or 0.240 points to end at 3.640 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) was down 6.19% or 0.120 points to 1.820.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 657 to 386 and 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.57% or 0.99 to 12.09. Shares in FirstService Corp (TSX:FSV) rose to all time highs; rising 2.83% or 3.81 to 138.57. Shares in NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.19% or 0.120 to 1.820.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 7.27% to 10.47.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.64% or 9.15 to $1414.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $55.91 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.10 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7600, while CAD/EUR rose 0.03% to 0.6816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.523.
