Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were ARC Resources Ltd . (TO:ARX), which rose 8.03% or 0.71 points to trade at 9.55 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) added 5.71% or 0.29 points to end at 5.37 and Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) was up 5.30% or 0.15 points to 2.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON), which lost 8.28% or 2.3500 points to trade at 26.0400 in late trade. Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) declined 7.57% or 3.94 points to end at 48.13 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) shed 5.31% or 0.77 points to 13.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 528 to 508 and 133 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 up 1.09% to 15.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.55 to $1317.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $52.72 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.47 to trade at $62.10 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.7536, while CAD/EUR rose 0.50% to 0.6654.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.412.