Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Industrials and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT), which rose 12.86% or 11.66 points to trade at 102.33 at the close. Yamana Gold Inc (TSX:YRI) added 10.02% or 0.44 points to end at 4.83 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG) was up 9.65% or 1.59 points to 18.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR), which lost 9.39% or 0.20 points to trade at 1.93 in late trade. NuVista Energy Ltd . (TSX:NVA) declined 9.09% or 0.150 points to end at 1.500 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) shed 7.98% or 0.40 points to 4.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 806 to 292 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 up 18.47% to 15.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.87% or 28.25 to $1536.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.53% or 1.40 to hit $53.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.79 to trade at $59.13 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.21% to 0.7531, while CAD/EUR fell 0.38% to 0.6756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 97.550.