Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 2.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT), which rose 1.34% or 2.33 points to trade at 176.34 at the close. Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO) added 1.23% or 1.12 points to end at 91.89 and Northland Power Inc . (TSX:NPI) was up 0.81% or 0.32 points to 39.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Air Canada (TSX:AC), which lost 9.05% or 2.11 points to trade at 21.21 in late trade. MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) declined 8.69% or 1.04 points to end at 10.93 and Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TSX:CPG) shed 8.10% or 0.50 points to 5.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 988 to 131 and 71 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 41.70% to 17.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 7.10 to $1791.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 13.04% or 10.22 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 11.32% or 9.31 to trade at $72.91 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.84% to 0.7837, while CAD/EUR fell 1.78% to 0.6925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 96.078.