Investing.com – Canadian stocks were down at Thursday’s close as losses in the , and , sectors pushed stocks lower.
At the close in Toronto, the fall of 0.40%.
The biggest gainers in the session were Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:), which rose 23.62% or 0.64 points to trade at 3.35 at the close. CI Financial Corporation (TSX:) added 23.20% or 2.90 points to close at 3:40 p.m. and Maple Leaf Foods Inc. . (TSX:) rose 9.81% or 2.45 points to 27.43 late in the session.
Biggest Losers Included Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:), which fell 17.14% or 4.14 points to trade at 20.01 late in the session. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:) lost 14.20% or 0.23 points to end at 1.39 and Tilray Inc (TSX:) lost 11.38% or 0.42 points to 3.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks by 565 to 366 and 118 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX compound options, rose 5.32% to 13.67.
In commodities trading, gold futures for June delivery fell 0.84% ​​or 17.20 to $2,019.90 per troy ounce. Meanwhile, crude oil for June delivery fell 1.56% or 1.13 to $71.43 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.22% or 0, 93 to trade at $75.48 a barrel.
CAD/USD fell 0.88% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR was unchanged 0.25% to 0.68.
US dollar index futures rose 0.61% to 101.89.
