Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canaccord Genuity Group Inc (TO:CF), which rose 5.31% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Capital Power Corporation (TO:CPX) added 3.53% or 0.58 points to end at 17.03 and Tricon Capital Group Inc (TO:TCN) was up 3.44% or 0.33 points to 9.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa), which fell 6.91% or 1.30 points to trade at 17.50 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 6.25% or 0.32 points to end at 4.80 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) was down 5.80% or 0.35 points to 5.68.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 687 to 610 and 192 ended unchanged.
Shares in Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.91% or 1.30 to 17.50.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.42% to 17.55.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.32% or 14.10 to $1055.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.95% or 1.27 to hit $41.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.57 to trade at $44.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.55% to 0.7480, while CAD/EUR fell 0.44% to 0.7061.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 100.05.