Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, IT and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Freehold Royalties Ltd . (TO:FRU), which rose 7.90% or 0.92 points to trade at 12.57 at the close. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) added 7.67% or 0.47 points to end at 6.60 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 7.30% or 3.10 points to 45.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR), which lost 7.69% or 0.94 points to trade at 11.29 in late trade. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) declined 4.96% or 0.77 points to end at 14.74 and TransAlta Corp (TO:TA) shed 4.84% or 0.32 points to 6.29.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 415 to 406 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 down 0.98% to 14.18.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.22% or 15.20 to $1235.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.27% or 0.55 to hit $43.73 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.60 to trade at $45.13 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.53% to 0.7894, while CAD/EUR rose 1.03% to 0.7030.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 95.06.