Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD), which rose 3.02% or 0.23 points to trade at 7.85 at the close. MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MDA) added 2.72% or 1.83 points to end at 69.12 and Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb) was up 2.56% or 0.33 points to 13.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which lost 14.04% or 2.08 points to trade at 12.73 in late trade. Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) declined 8.38% or 1.13 points to end at 12.36 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) shed 7.83% or 0.89 points to 10.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 590 to 569 and 132 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 5.90% to 12.20.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.73% or 8.60 to $1172.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $53.72 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $56.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.7552, while CAD/EUR rose 0.63% to 0.7174.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.79% at 102.19.