Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG), which rose 6.75% or 0.96 points to trade at 15.18 at the close. Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:LB) added 5.98% or 1.88 points to end at 33.34 and Paramount Resources Ltd . (TSX:POU) was up 4.71% or 1.29 points to 28.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC), which lost 6.49% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.45 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) declined 6.46% or 0.27 points to end at 3.91 and Dollarama Inc (TSX:DOL) shed 3.58% or 3.06 points to 82.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 549 to 471 and 98 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 down 2.43% to 17.67.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 6.50 to $1,808.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $71.54 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.55 to trade at $76.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.09% to 0.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 104.94.