Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.80% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX:ENGH), which rose 9.55% or 3.05 points to trade at 35.00 at the close. MAG Silver Corp (TSX:MAG) added 9.03% or 1.88 points to end at 22.70 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) was up 6.72% or 1.24 points to 19.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND), which lost 8.04% or 1.05 points to trade at 12.01 in late trade. Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV) declined 7.80% or 0.84 points to end at 9.93 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) shed 7.59% or 0.80 points to 9.74.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 621 to 397 and 103 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 0.86% to 16.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.85% or 15.20 to $1,803.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.33% or 1.77 to hit $74.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.64% or 2.14 to trade at $79.07 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.15% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 104.43.