Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which rose 4.05% or 0.57 points to trade at 14.63 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) added 3.52% or 0.05 points to end at 1.47 and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) was up 3.13% or 0.73 points to 24.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT), which lost 8.12% or 7.22 points to trade at 81.73 in late trade. Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) declined 6.12% or 1.51 points to end at 23.17 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) shed 5.52% or 1.860 points to 31.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 646 to 445 and 116 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 15.47% to 13.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.57% or 7.00 to $1231.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.48 to trade at $73.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.18% to 0.7618, while CAD/EUR rose 0.39% to 0.6496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.80% at 94.22.