Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Health Care and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Genworth MI Canada Inc. (TO:MIC), which rose 5.13% or 1.55 points to trade at 31.75 at the close. AGF Management Ltd (TO:AGFb) added 4.92% or 0.39 points to end at 8.31 and Newalta Corporation (TO:NAL) was up 4.55% or 0.67 points to 15.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aimia Inc. (TO:AIM), which lost 10.45% or 1.50 points to trade at 12.85 in late trade. Painted Pony P (TO:PPY) declined 5.01% or 0.37 points to end at 7.02 and Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc (TO:PJCa) shed 3.85% or 1.08 points to 27.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 822 to 695 and 177 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was up 1.69% to 15.00.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.21% or 2.50 to $1212.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 2.26% or 1.09 to hit $49.26 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 3.28% or 1.97 to trade at $62.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.7999, while CAD/EUR rose 0.14% to 0.7148.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 95.31.