After rising for five consecutive trading sessions, the Canadian equities market declined on Thursday, December 30.
The energy, financials and industrial sectors were down, and the main Canadian index- S&P/TSX Composite Index was down 0.04 per cent or 50.01 points to 21,294.64.

One-year price chart (December 29). Analysis by © 2021 Kalkine Media®
Volume Active
TC Energy Corporation (TSX:TRP) stock remained the most volume active on December 30. Approximately 11.1 million TRP shares exchanged hands on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and it was priced at C$ 58.87 apiece at the end of the trading session.
Meanwhile, the Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) surged 0.04 per cent to C$ 91.26 per share and was the second most active stock. More than 10.5 million BNS shares traded hands.

Wall Street Update
Ahead of the final trading session of this year, the US stock markets recorded a decline as the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 90.55 points and settled at 36,398.08.
Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.2 per cent and closed at 15,741.56. The S&P 500 fell 0.3 per cent to 4,778.73.
Commodity Updates
In the oil sector, the March Brent oil contract declined by 0.06 per cent and traded at US$ 79.16 per barrel. Meanwhile, the February crude oil jumped 0.05 per cent to US$ 76.6 per barrel.
Currency news
CAD/USD increased by 0.41 per cent to 0.7849, and the US Dollar Index Futures jumped 0.05 per cent to 95.975.