Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX:EDR), which rose 8.84% or 0.41 points to trade at 5.05 at the close. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) added 8.84% or 0.38 points to end at 4.68 and IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) was up 8.03% or 0.22 points to 2.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY), which lost 7.89% or 8.95 points to trade at 104.55 in late trade. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) declined 6.29% or 0.29 points to end at 4.32 and Canaccord Genuity Group Inc (TSX:CF) shed 6.03% or 0.65 points to 10.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 770 to 287 and 84 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 6.92% to 19.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.23% or 22.80 to $1,875.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.78% or 0.95 to hit $120.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 1.15 to trade at $121.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.61% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.34% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.96% at 104.21.