Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV), which rose 6.94% or 0.480 points to trade at 7.400 at the close. Stelco Holdings Inc (TSX:STLC) added 5.68% or 2.21 points to end at 41.15 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) was up 2.74% or 0.15 points to 5.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD), which lost 4.53% or 2.43 points to trade at 51.21 in late trade. Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO) declined 3.22% or 2.84 points to end at 85.38 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) shed 3.03% or 0.28 points to 8.97.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 547 to 440 and 121 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 up 43.82% to 21.63 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.84% or 15.25 to $1829.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.94% or 1.49 to hit $75.50 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.10% or 1.67 to trade at $77.86 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.85% to 0.7914, while CAD/EUR rose 0.31% to 0.6950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 95.595.