Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb), which rose 7.54% or 1.68 points to trade at 23.95 at the close. Dominion Diamond Corp (TO:DDC) added 4.53% or 0.53 points to end at 12.22 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 4.19% or 1.47 points to 36.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR), which lost 5.18% or 0.81 points to trade at 14.82 in late trade. Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII) declined 4.89% or 1.55 points to end at 30.16 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) shed 4.70% or 1.250 points to 25.360.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 686 to 461 and 133 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 4.94% to 13.18.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.45 to $1341.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.52% or 1.63 to hit $44.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.29% or 1.57 to trade at $46.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.94% to 0.7594, while CAD/EUR fell 1.16% to 0.6761.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.38.