Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.32% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Yamana Gold Inc (TSX:YRI), which rose 7.57% or 0.19 points to trade at 2.70 at the close. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) added 6.73% or 0.22 points to end at 3.49 and Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TSX:SSL) was up 6.37% or 0.440 points to 7.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 4.99% or 2.39 points to trade at 45.53 in late trade. Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) declined 4.98% or 1.0000 points to end at 19.1000 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) shed 4.91% or 0.53 points to 10.27.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 715 to 359 and 103 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 8.64% to 13.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.43% or 18.40 to $1305.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 5.69% or 3.22 to hit $53.37 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 5.57% or 3.64 to trade at $61.69 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7400, while CAD/EUR fell 0.53% to 0.6619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 97.675.