Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.54% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS), which rose 2.97% or 0.37 points to trade at 12.81 at the close. Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) added 2.26% or 0.090 points to end at 4.070 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) was up 1.60% or 0.70 points to 44.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX), which lost 12.86% or 0.360 points to trade at 2.440 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) declined 12.49% or 3.440 points to end at 24.110 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) shed 10.53% or 1.630 points to 13.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 963 to 225 and 96 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 6.14% to 14.01 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.05% or 14.10 to $1333.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.09% or 0.72 to hit $65.08 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.51% or 1.05 to trade at $68.60 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.24% to 0.8051, while CAD/EUR fell 0.83% to 0.6463.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 89.03.