© Reuters. Canadian stocks end lower; Canada’s Toronto S&P/TSX composite is down 1.51% by the end of the day
Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , , and the sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, Canada, it fell 1.51%, hitting a one-year low.
The best performers of the session were Tilray Inc (TSX: ), which rose 12.02% or 0.50 points to trade at 4.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX: ) added 8.82% or 0.15 points to end at 1.85 and Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX: ) added 7.83% or 2.27 points to end at 31.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX: ), which lost 12.50% or 0.32 points to trade at 2.24. MEG Energy Corp (TSX: ) was down 12.50% or 2.37 points to end at 16.59 and First Quantum Minerals Inc (TSX: ) was down 12.45% or 3.30 points at 23.21.
On the Toronto Stock Exchange, 700 stocks fell, outnumbering gainers by 343, while 107 stocks were little changed.
The measure of implied volatility for options on Canada’s Toronto S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.26% to 23.00.
Gold futures August options contract prices fell 0.66% or 12.15 points to hit $1,826.25. As for the rest of the futures, the price of the WTI crude oil futures contract for delivery in August fell 1.86% (1.97 points) to $104.22, while the August Brent crude oil futures contract in London fell 1.59% (1.78) to trade at $109.96.
CAD/USD remained unchanged by 0.34% at 0.77, while CAD/EUR was basically flat by 0.10% at 0.73.
U.S. dollar index futures were up 0.17% at 104.16.