Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.09%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms , Consumer Staples and Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS ), which rose 18.27% or 14.52 points to trade at 93.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Mullen Group Ltd . (TSX:MTL ) added 9.30% or 1.32 points to end at 15.51 and CES Energy Solutions Corp (TSX:CEU ) was up 5.45% or 0.40 points to 7.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb ), which fell 5.44% or 3.73 points to trade at 64.85 at the close. Boyd Group Services Inc (TSX:BYD ) declined 3.26% or 7.10 points to end at 210.75 and Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI ) was down 3.23% or 0.15 points to 4.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 463 to 429 and 124 ended unchanged.

Shares in Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS ) rose to 5-year highs; up 18.27% or 14.52 to 93.99.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 6.24% to 11.11.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.70% or 19.10 to $2,748.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $70.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.26 to trade at $74.70 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.51% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 103.89.

Source: Investing.com