Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which rose 5.50% or 0.880 points to trade at 16.890 at the close. Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) added 4.47% or 0.14 points to end at 3.27 and Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) was up 3.65% or 0.130 points to 3.690 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which lost 4.42% or 1.87 points to trade at 40.45 in late trade. ARC Resources Ltd . (TO:ARX) declined 4.15% or 0.60 points to end at 13.85 and CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU) shed 3.62% or 0.180 points to 4.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 575 to 467 and 138 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 2.92% to 13.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1205.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.47% or 0.33 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.33 to trade at $77.69 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.52% to 0.7661, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 95.03.