Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Materials and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were 5N Plus Inc. (TSX:VNP), which rose 19.05% or 3.72 points to trade at 23.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Rogers Communications Inc (TSX:RCIb) added 5.69% or 2.80 points to end at 52.00 and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSX:CP) was up 5.13% or 4.99 points to 102.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vizsla Silver Corp (TSX:VZLA), which fell 14.90% or 1.38 points to trade at 7.88 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) declined 13.54% or 63.23 points to end at 403.89 and Orla Mining Ltd (TSX:OLA) was down 13.52% or 3.58 points to 22.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 545 to 414 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in 5N Plus Inc. (TSX:VNP) rose to all time highs; gaining 19.05% or 3.72 to 23.25.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.48% to 15.27.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.85% or 99.01 to $5,439.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 3.24% or 2.05 to hit $65.26 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 3.04% or 2.05 to trade at $69.42 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.52% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.39% to 0.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.06.
