Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Gold Inc (TO:NGD), which rose 10.91% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) added 8.22% or 0.24 points to end at 3.16 and Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) was up 7.87% or 0.34 points to 4.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which fell 9.63% or 1.63 points to trade at 15.29 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 9.00% or 0.95 points to end at 9.61 and Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) was down 6.52% or 12.200 points to 174.910.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 628 to 483 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TO:FM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.00% or 0.95 to 9.61.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.97% to 25.65.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.94% or 12.05 to $1296.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.33% or 0.62 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.03 to trade at $55.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.73% to 0.7419, while CAD/EUR rose 0.26% to 0.6509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 95.797.
