Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.38% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:LB), which rose 6.09% or 1.66 points to trade at 28.92 at the close. Air Canada (TSX:AC) added 3.79% or 0.68 points to end at 18.63 and HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) was up 3.33% or 0.19 points to 5.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS), which lost 6.58% or 13.42 points to trade at 190.65 in late trade. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) declined 6.18% or 1.03 points to end at 15.65 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) shed 5.96% or 0.705 points to 11.125.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 732 to 305 and 113 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.80 to $1938.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.40% or 1.82 to hit $39.55 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.70% or 1.63 to trade at $42.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.51% to 0.7656, while CAD/EUR rose 0.63% to 0.6468.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.812.