Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG), which rose 17.20% or 1.82 points to trade at 12.40 at the close. Altus Group Limited (TSX:AIF) added 13.16% or 7.85 points to end at 67.51 and OrganiGram Holdings Inc (TSX:OGI) was up 6.25% or 0.21 points to 3.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Village Farms International Inc (TSX:VFF), which lost 6.03% or 0.72 points to trade at 11.23 in late trade. Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC) declined 5.61% or 1.34 points to end at 22.56 and Westport Fuel Systems Inc (TSX:WPRT) shed 4.50% or 0.26 points to 5.62.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 507 to 458 and 112 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.57% or 27.55 to $1779.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.58% or 1.09 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.51% or 1.08 to trade at $70.23 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.7991, while CAD/EUR fell 0.44% to 0.6774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 92.502.