Toronto stocks ended moderately lower Wednesday, as a drop in the materials index offset gains in both the energy and financials indices.

The S&P/TSX composite index finished down 12.03, or 0.09%, to 13,451.11.

Six of the 10 TSX main sub-groups finished lower.

The materials sector lost 1.09%, while the gold sub-sector fell 1.50%.

Gold for December delivery fell by 30¢ to close at $668.40 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Kinross Gold Corp. fell 38¢, or 3.05%, to $12.09.

The energy index gained 0.34%.

Light, sweet crude finished 57¢ higher at US$69.83 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Imperial Oil gained 73¢, or 1.65%, to $45.03.

Financials rose 0.66%.

TD Bank shares rose $1.06, or 1.53%, to $70.49 as the country’s second-largest bank reported a third-quarter profit of $1.1 billion, a jump of 39% over the same period last year.

The Canadian dollar jumped 0.74 of a cent to US94.76¢.

The S&P TSX Venture composite index gave up 1.51 points, or 0.06%, to 2,586.60.

In New York, markets closed largely unchanged, as investors remained very cautious in the face of concerns over the still-unfolding credit crisis.

The Dow Jones industrial average ended essentially flat, losing 0.25 of a point to finish at 13,235.88, the Nasdaq composite index gave up 11.10, or 0.43%, to close at 2,541.70, and the S&P500 lost 1.57, or 0.11%, to finish at 1,462.50.