Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which rose 8.68% or 8.91 points to trade at 111.61 at the close. Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) added 6.55% or 2.30 points to end at 37.40 and Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u) was up 4.20% or 1.25 points to 31.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP), which lost 4.27% or 0.90 points to trade at 20.20 in late trade. NuVista Energy Ltd . (TSX:NVA) declined 4.23% or 0.44 points to end at 9.95 and Paramount Resources Ltd . (TSX:POU) shed 4.22% or 1.11 points to 25.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 590 to 362 and 99 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 0.60% to 11.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.80% or 16.50 to $2,054.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.21% or 1.63 to hit $72.19 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.83% or 1.44 to trade at $77.26 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.52% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.20% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.89% at 103.79.