Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, REITs and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL), which rose 4.06% or 1.80 points to trade at 46.15 at the close. Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX:ENGH) added 3.99% or 1.33 points to end at 34.68 and Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) was up 3.70% or 0.52 points to 14.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR), which lost 6.15% or 0.64 points to trade at 9.76 in late trade. NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG) declined 6.10% or 0.30 points to end at 4.62 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) shed 5.68% or 0.30 points to 4.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 660 to 326 and 105 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 17.75% to 10.35.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 11.40 to $2,033.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $71.60 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $76.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR rose 1.12% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 102.22.