OTTAWA: Canada stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the REITs, Real Estate and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.01%. The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TO:CNQ), which rose 9.84% or 3.88 points to trade at 43.31 at the close. Meanwhile, NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) added 6.83% or 0.370 points to end at 5.790 and Intertape Polymer Group Inc . (TO:ITP) was up 5.08% or 1.13 points to 23.38 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb), which fell 7.41% or 2.56 points to trade at 32.00 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) declined 4.74% or 0.45 points to end at 9.05 and Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) was down 3.77% or 2.34 points to 59.74. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 580 to 552 and 136 ended unchanged. The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.72% to 12.41.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.75% or 9.05 to $1200.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.17% or 0.59 to hit $49.69 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.55 to trade at $52.56 a barrel. CAD/USD was down 0.22% to 0.7403, while CAD/EUR fell 0.47% to 0.6998. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 101.97.