Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.13%

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CI Financial Corp (TSX:CIX), which rose 30.03% or 7.21 points to trade at 31.22 at the close. Meanwhile, BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB) added 10.33% or 0.34 points to end at 3.63 and Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) was up 9.86% or 1.89 points to 21.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG), which fell 8.14% or 2.53 points to trade at 28.54 at the close. IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) declined 6.38% or 0.51 points to end at 7.48 and New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) was down 6.30% or 0.25 points to 3.72.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 561 to 392 and 85 ended unchanged.

Shares in CI Financial Corp (TSX:CIX) rose to 5-year highs; rising 30.03% or 7.21 to 31.22.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.12% to 10.84.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 3.11% or 85.20 to $2,652.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.03% or 2.16 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.72% or 2.03 to trade at $72.60 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.34% to 0.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 106.86.