Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BRP Inc. (TO:DOO), which rose 8.89% or 3.64 points to trade at 44.59 at the close. Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) added 7.45% or 0.79 points to end at 11.40 and Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) was up 5.39% or 0.27 points to 5.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb), which lost 5.91% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.230 in late trade. BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) declined 4.90% or 0.58 points to end at 11.26 and Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC) shed 4.37% or 1.53 points to 33.52.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 572 to 513 and 144 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 22.22% to 12.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.75 to $1300.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.35 to trade at $56.78 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.8115, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6789.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 91.95.