Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG), which rose 51.04% or 3.910 points to trade at 11.570 at the close. ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) added 4.94% or 0.040 points to end at 0.850 and Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI) was up 3.51% or 0.12 points to 3.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE), which lost 8.66% or 0.220 points to trade at 2.320 in late trade. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) declined 6.79% or 0.740 points to end at 10.160 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) shed 5.59% or 0.490 points to 8.280.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 741 to 355 and 121 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 6.79% to 15.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.64% or 8.50 to $1337.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.57% or 1.63 to hit $61.91 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 1.33 to trade at $67.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7833, while CAD/EUR fell 0.47% to 0.6377.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 89.79.