Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Real Estate and REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF), which rose 6.59% or 0.97 points to trade at 15.70 at the close. Avigilon Corp (TO:AVO) added 6.31% or 0.74 points to end at 12.47 and DHX Media Ltd (TO:DHXb) was up 5.81% or 0.47 points to 8.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb), which lost 9.33% or 0.84 points to trade at 8.16 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 6.34% or 0.42 points to end at 6.20 and Calfrac Well Services Ltd . (TO:CFW) shed 5.62% or 0.25 points to 4.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 714 to 590 and 164 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 5.82% to 25.46.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.16% or 1.80 to $1122.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.61% or 0.76 to hit $45.99 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.20% or 1.11 to trade at $49.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.65% to 0.7540, while CAD/EUR fell 0.84% to 0.6762.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.25.