Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.15% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU), which rose 11.11% or 0.260 points to trade at 2.600 at the close. Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) added 8.40% or 1.6000 points to end at 20.6500 and Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW) was up 7.95% or 1.40 points to 19.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aritzia Inc (TO:ATZ), which lost 4.70% or 0.89 points to trade at 18.05 in late trade. IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) declined 4.20% or 0.140 points to end at 3.190 and Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA) shed 3.77% or 1.760 points to 44.920.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 529 to 470 and 154 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 2.63% to 14.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1286.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $61.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.41 to trade at $70.80 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.49% to 0.7454, while CAD/EUR rose 0.36% to 0.6635.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.115.