Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Mining and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.74% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BRP Inc. (TO:DOO), which rose 9.51% or 1.92 points to trade at 22.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) added 4.65% or 0.67 points to end at 15.08 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) was up 4.51% or 0.12 points to 2.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp (TO:PRE), which fell 13.28% or 0.17 points to trade at 1.11 at the close. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) declined 12.56% or 2.50 points to end at 17.40 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was down 10.12% or 0.50 points to 4.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 864 to 533 and 209 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp (TO:PRE) fell to 5-year lows; falling 13.28% or 0.17 to 1.11. Shares in Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) fell to 52-week lows; down 12.56% or 2.50 to 17.40.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 9.15% to 22.90 a new 1-month high.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.28% or 3.00 to $1075.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.74% or 1.38 to hit $35.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.91% or 1.95 to trade at $37.78 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.82% to 0.7280, while CAD/EUR fell 1.25% to 0.6625.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 97.57.