Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the were Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:), which rose 4.99% or 1.80 points to trade at 37.88 at the close. Meanwhile, International Petroleum Corp (TSX:) added 2.82% or 0.54 points to end at 19.66 and Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:) was up 1.94% or 0.23 points to 12.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Denison Mines Corp (TSX:), which fell 5.58% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.03 at the close. NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:) declined 5.13% or 0.32 points to end at 5.92 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:) was down 5.01% or 0.33 points to 6.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 532 to 403 and 102 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 7.98% to 12.32.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.09% or 27.70 to $2,519.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.40% or 1.01 to hit $72.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 1.06 to trade at $77.11 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 101.42.
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