Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 9.71% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.260 at the close. Amaya Inc (TO:AYA) added 9.14% or 1.96 points to end at 23.41 and Nevsun Resources Ltd . (TO:NSU) was up 5.21% or 0.190 points to 3.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Secure Energy Services Inc . (TO:SES), which lost 4.75% or 0.47 points to trade at 9.42 in late trade. Genworth MI Canada Inc . (TO:MIC) declined 4.39% or 1.33 points to end at 28.97 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) shed 4.06% or 0.25 points to 5.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 602 to 526 and 146 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 2.67% to 15.00.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.60 to $1257.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.67% or 0.84 to hit $49.60 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.56% or 0.82 to trade at $51.69 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.53% to 0.7528, while CAD/EUR fell 0.93% to 0.6722.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.52.