Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.54% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG), which rose 7.05% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.43 at the close. Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX:IMO) added 6.36% or 1.06 points to end at 17.72 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) was up 4.82% or 0.080 points to 1.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TSX:SNC), which lost 9.82% or 2.03 points to trade at 18.64 in late trade. Canadian Utilities Limited (TSX:CU) declined 6.32% or 2.10 points to end at 31.14 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) shed 6.17% or 2.73 points to 41.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 674 to 393 and 114 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 10.00 to $1878.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.52% or 0.55 to hit $35.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.49 to trade at $37.77 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.07% to 0.7510, while CAD/EUR rose 0.34% to 0.6448.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.043.