Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.30% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Martinrea International Inc . (TSX:MRE), which rose 14.61% or 1.11 points to trade at 8.71 at the close. Trisura Group Ltd (TSX:TSU) added 10.75% or 3.43 points to end at 35.34 and Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS) was up 7.10% or 9.18 points to 138.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which lost 8.22% or 43.56 points to trade at 486.07 in late trade. Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) declined 6.70% or 2.86 points to end at 39.80 and IGM Financial Inc . (TSX:IGM) shed 6.36% or 2.54 points to 37.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 689 to 338 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 10.29% to 23.10.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.35% or 6.50 to $1,882.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.19% or 2.37 to hit $110.63 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.04% or 2.26 to trade at $113.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.53% to 0.77, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.53% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 103.71.