Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, REITs and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF), which rose 14.63% or 2.10 points to trade at 16.45 at the close. Meanwhile, HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) added 8.20% or 0.53 points to end at 6.99 and Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) was up 6.94% or 0.77 points to 11.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which fell 22.72% or 7.50 points to trade at 25.51 at the close. Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp (TO:CEU) declined 10.12% or 0.59 points to end at 5.24 and Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb) was down 8.19% or 2.69 points to 30.16.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 733 to 617 and 169 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sierra Wireless Inc. (TO:SW) fell to 52-week lows; down 22.72% or 7.50 to 25.51.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.96% to 17.95.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.44% or 15.90 to $1088.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.65% or 0.74 to hit $44.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.41 to trade at $47.58 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.91% to 0.7524, while CAD/EUR rose 0.36% to 0.7004.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.20% at 99.27.