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Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.77%
© Reuters Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.77%
Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO), which rose 9.88% or 0.66 points to trade at 7.34 at the close. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) added 9.70% or 0.55 points to end at 6.22 and Dundee Precious Metals Inc (TSX:DPM) was up 8.44% or 0.77 points to 9.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD), which lost 5.89% or 3.89 points to trade at 62.15 in late trade. Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) declined 5.07% or 0.15 points to end at 2.81 and Pason Systems Inc . (TSX:PSI) shed 5.07% or 0.61 points to 11.41.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 559 to 391 and 98 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 7.39% to 19.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 3.68% or 70.70 to $1,993.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.94% or 2.01 to hit $66.34 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.66% or 1.99 to trade at $72.71 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.60% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 103.52.
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