Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb), which rose 3.85% or 0.23 points to trade at 6.20 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) added 3.77% or 0.48 points to end at 13.22 and Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI) was up 3.13% or 0.10 points to 3.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS), which lost 7.58% or 1.33 points to trade at 16.22 in late trade. Spartan Energy Corp (TO:SPE) declined 5.21% or 0.330 points to end at 6.000 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) shed 4.50% or 0.18 points to 3.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 678 to 405 and 125 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 0.42% to 11.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.67% or 8.39 to $1253.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.60% or 1.22 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.68% or 1.32 to trade at $47.98 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.42% to 0.7976, while CAD/EUR rose 0.12% to 0.6838.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.78.