Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shaw Communications Inc Class B (TSX:SJRb), which rose 9.06% or 3.24 points to trade at 39.01 at the close. Quebecor Inc Class B (TSX:QBRb) added 4.39% or 1.27 points to end at 30.20 and Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:BDGI) was up 4.34% or 1.11 points to 26.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM), which lost 3.94% or 1.16 points to trade at 28.29 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) declined 3.80% or 0.27 points to end at 6.84 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) shed 3.70% or 0.19 points to 4.94.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 586 to 378 and 100 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 0.39% to 17.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.22% or 3.95 to $1,829.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.68% or 2.10 to hit $80.50 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.04% or 2.54 to trade at $86.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.29% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 103.25.