Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BRP Inc. (TO:DOO), which rose 17.92% or 2.88 points to trade at 18.95 at the close. Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp (TO:CEU) added 8.54% or 0.27 points to end at 3.43 and Pengrowth Energy Corporation (TO:PGF) was up 8.46% or 0.11 points to 1.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paramount Resources Ltd . (TO:POU), which lost 14.63% or 1.40 points to trade at 8.17 in late trade. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 9.65% or 3.73 points to end at 34.93 and Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT) shed 8.53% or 0.11 points to 1.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 639 to 621 and 353 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 2.30% to 19.12.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.70% or 8.90 to $1256.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $40.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.07 to trade at $41.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.39% to 0.7677, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6809.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 95.08.