Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the REITs, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which rose 5.41% or 0.38 points to trade at 7.41 at the close. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd . (TSX:AEM) added 4.56% or 3.26 points to end at 74.78 and Altus Group Limited (TSX:AIF) was up 4.36% or 2.01 points to 48.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI), which lost 15.00% or 2.08 points to trade at 11.79 in late trade. CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE) declined 8.97% or 3.01 points to end at 30.55 and Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD) shed 7.76% or 1.05 points to 12.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 625 to 417 and 86 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 18.08% to 22.07 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 5.54 to $1,896.84 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.80% or 0.84 to hit $104.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.35 to trade at $106.91 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR fell 0.80% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 103.17.