Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG), which rose 7.76% or 1.17 points to trade at 16.24 at the close. Winpak Ltd. (TO:WPK) added 7.02% or 3.34 points to end at 50.90 and Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW) was up 6.54% or 2.24 points to 36.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI), which lost 9.91% or 0.45 points to trade at 4.04 in late trade. Air Canada (TO:AC) declined 8.47% or 1.220 points to end at 13.180 and Boardwalk REIT (TO:BEI_u) shed 6.69% or 3.27 points to 45.62.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 590 to 557 and 143 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 21.25% to 10.84.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.40% or 4.95 to $1236.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $53.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.13 to trade at $55.78 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.18% to 0.7637, while CAD/EUR rose 0.39% to 0.7194.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 100.87.