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 declined 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC), which rose 4.32% or 0.180 points to trade at 4.350 at the close. Franco-Nevada Corporation (TO:FNV) added 3.59% or 3.53 points to end at 101.94 and Barrick Gold Corporation (TO:ABX) was up 3.38% or 0.60 points to 18.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN), which lost 8.08% or 0.525 points to trade at 5.975 in late trade. BRP Inc (TO:DOO) declined 7.53% or 2.90 points to end at 35.61 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) shed 6.56% or 0.38 points to 5.41.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 708 to 356 and 144 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 9.36% to 13.91 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.46% or 5.95 to $1313.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.92% or 1.15 to hit $58.83 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 0.97 to trade at $66.89 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7453, while CAD/EUR rose 0.25% to 0.6595.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.118.