Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Materials 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 Granite REIT (TSX:GRT_u), which rose 4.56% or 4.15 points to trade at 95.20 at the close. Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) added 3.08% or 0.04 points to end at 1.34 and Summit Industrial Income REIT (TSX:SMU_u) was up 2.70% or 0.61 points to 22.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hut 8 Mining Corp (TSX:HUT), which lost 7.38% or 0.51 points to trade at 6.40 in late trade. Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO) declined 6.26% or 3.47 points to end at 51.94 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) shed 6.11% or 0.70 points to 10.76.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 518 to 498 and 83 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 2.35% to 19.95.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.52% or 10.40 to $1,990.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.11% or 3.30 to hit $109.32 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 3.14% or 3.43 to trade at $112.76 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.79, while CAD/EUR rose 1.02% to 0.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 99.14.