Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the REITs, Real Estate and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which rose 9.63% or 0.54 points to trade at 6.15 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) added 9.09% or 0.48 points to end at 5.76 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) was up 6.14% or 0.27 points to 4.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO), which lost 8.56% or 0.84 points to trade at 8.97 in late trade. Canadian Western Bank (TSX:CWB) declined 4.48% or 1.14 points to end at 24.28 and Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI) shed 3.96% or 1.65 points to 40.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 522 to 494 and 106 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 5.83% to 15.03 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.19% or 3.50 to $1,811.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.33% or 1.08 to hit $80.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 1.08 to trade at $85.80 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.40% to 0.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 104.46.