Toronto stocks ended lower Thursday as a negative session in technology and telecom stocks weighed down the wider market.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 25.85 points, or 0.22%, to 11,595.18.

Volume on the senior exchange was 338 million shares.

Nine of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were down. The information technology group was the biggest decliner, dropping 1.04%.

Research in Motion fell $1.20, or 1.45%, to $81.30, while Nortel Networks gained 2¢, or 0.51%, to $3.91.

The energy index ended down 0.19%. Light sweet crude for February delivery settled unchanged at US$63.94 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Suncor Energy Inc. fell $1.61, or 2.07%, to $76.32.

Gold for February delivery fell 80¢ to finish at US$549.30 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Bema Gold Corp. gained 4¢, or 0.97%, to $4.18.

The telecommunications sector fell 0.61%.

Shaw Communications reported a quarterly profit of $75.7 million, up from $44.7 million in the same period last year. Shaw gained 3¢, or 0.12%, to $25.23.

Cogeco Inc. reported quarterly profit rose to $4.6 million, a jump of 47.5%. Cogeco gained 25¢, or 1.03%, to $24.50.

The S&P/TSX Venture composite index finished up 17.41 points, or 0.75%, to 2,343.49.

In New York, stocks fell on jitters over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and brokerage downgrades of JP Morgan Chase and Coca-Cola Inc.

The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 80.52 points, or 0.73%, at 10,962.92, and sliding below 11,000.

The S&P500 index finished down 8.11 points, or 0.63%, at 1,286.07. The Nasdaq composite index fell 14.52 points, or 0.62%, at 2,316.84, its first losing session of the year.