Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the REITs, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG), which rose 9.51% or 1.27 points to trade at 14.63 at the close. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSX:CHE_u) added 8.95% or 0.47 points to end at 5.72 and Alamos Gold Inc (TSX:AGI) was up 7.82% or 0.79 points to 10.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb), which lost 5.10% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.465 in late trade. Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL) declined 5.03% or 1.08 points to end at 20.37 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) shed 4.23% or 0.30 points to 6.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 530 to 493 and 107 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 August delivery was up 1.37% or 23.75 to $1754.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.39% or 0.54 to hit $39.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.92% or 0.38 to trade at $41.89 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7350, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.6573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.602.