Canada Stock Market Overview

On Thursday, Canada stocks closed lower as losses were primarily driven by the Materials, Clean Technology, and Energy sectors.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite dropped 0.96%.

Best Performers

• Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa): +5.23% (+2.25 points) to 45.28
• Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb): +3.24% (+3.29 points) to 104.70
• Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa): +2.68% (+0.47 points) to 18.00

Worst Performers

• Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX): -9.26% (-0.84 points) to 8.23
• New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD): -7.08% (-0.31 points) to 4.07
• NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG): -6.80% (-0.37 points) to 5.07

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 526 to 403, with 104 stocks remaining unchanged.

Empire Company Ltd reached new 52-week highs, rising 5.23% (+2.25) to 45.28.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, decreased 2.13% to 9.20.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures (February delivery): -1.82% (-50.11) to $2,706.59 per troy ounce.
• Crude Oil (January delivery): -0.34% (-0.24) to $70.05 per barrel.
• Brent Oil (February contract): -0.14% (-0.10) to $73.42 per barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates

• CAD/USD: Unchanged at 0.70
• CAD/EUR: Unchanged at 0.67

The US Dollar Index Futures increased 0.26% to 106.67.