Toronto stocks fell Thursday, breaking a string of three straight positive sessions, as a pullback in resource prices drove the market lower.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 75.33, or 0.55%, to 13,597.52.

Seven of the 10 TSX main sub-groups were down.

The energy index fell 1.06%. Light, sweet crude for June delivery fell 78¢ to finish at US$65.06 a barrel.

Petro Canada Inc. fell 45¢, or 0.91%, to $49.14.

The materials index dropped 1.08%, while the gold sub-index lost 1.90%.

Gold futures sank $9.40 to close at US$678 an ounce.

Goldcorp Inc. fell 86¢, or 3.04%, to $27.43.

Consumer staples rose 3.05% on acquisition news in the grocery business.

Empire Co. Ltd. made a bid to take Sobeys Inc. private in a deal said to be worth more than $1 billion. Sobey’s shares gained a whopping $19.45, or 51.46%, to $57.25, while Empire Co. shares added $1.39, or 3.45%, to $41.65.

The Canadian dollar fell 0.55 of a cent to US89.18¢.

The S&P TSX Venture Exchange dropped 17.09, or 0.52%, to 3,285.09.

In New York, markets moved modestly forward as investors continued to be pleased with strong corporate earnings news.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 15.61, or 0.12%, to 13,105.50, as the key index pushed further into record territory. In yesterday’s session, the index broke through the 13,000 mark for the first time in its history.

The Nasdaq composite index gained 6.57, or 0.26%, to 2,554.46, and the S&P500 slipped 1.17, or 0.08%, to 1,494.25.