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Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 1.92%

Published 22/08/2015, 06:25 am
Updated 22/08/2015, 06:27 am
© Reuters.  Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 1.92%

© Reuters. Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 1.92%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Mining and Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.92% to hit a new 52-week low.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Athabasca Oil Corp (TO:ATH), which rose 3.05% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Rogers Communications Inc (TO:RCIb) added 2.20% or 1.01 points to end at 46.90 and Parkland Fuel Corporation (TO:PKI) was up 1.63% or 0.34 points to 21.23 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which fell 14.01% or 0.73 points to trade at 4.48 at the close. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 10.56% or 0.70 points to end at 5.93 and Black Diamond Group Limited (TO:BDI) was down 9.60% or 0.87 points to 8.19.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 1052 to 320 and 171 ended unchanged.

Shares in Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) fell to 5-year lows; down 10.56% or 0.70 to 5.93. Shares in Black Diamond Group Limited (TO:BDI) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.60% or 0.87 to 8.19.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 14.83% to 24.31 a new 6-months high.

Gold for December delivery was up 0.50% or 5.80 to $1159.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.48% or 1.02 to hit $40.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.72% or 1.27 to trade at $45.35 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.58% to 0.7598, while CAD/EUR fell 1.66% to 0.6685.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.85% at 94.95.

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