Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TSX:LIF), which rose 5.58% or 1.65 points to trade at 31.20 at the close. Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) added 4.14% or 0.13 points to end at 3.27 and Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG) was up 3.64% or 0.20 points to 5.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT), which lost 7.72% or 10.62 points to trade at 127.00 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) declined 7.46% or 0.34 points to end at 4.22 and Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u) shed 6.95% or 2.13 points to 28.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 732 to 281 and 110 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 3.10% to 22.29 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 6.35 to $1,683.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.28% or 0.24 to hit $85.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.72 to trade at $91.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.34% to 0.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 109.43.