Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TransForce Inc . (TO:TFI), which rose 8.98% or 2.44 points to trade at 29.60 at the close. New Gold Inc . (TO:NGD) added 6.11% or 0.310 points to end at 5.380 and Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) was up 3.92% or 0.25 points to 6.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Colliers International Group (TO:CIG), which lost 9.79% or 5.19 points to trade at 47.81 in late trade. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 7.89% or 2.33 points to end at 27.21 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) shed 5.64% or 0.36 points to 6.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 568 to 557 and 157 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 10.38% to 15.20.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.47% or 6.00 to $1275.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.11% or 1.05 to hit $48.67 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.53% or 0.77 to trade at $49.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7470, while CAD/EUR fell 0.89% to 0.6794.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.62% at 98.31.