Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Newalta Corporation (TO:NAL), which rose 6.05% or 0.93 points to trade at 16.29 at the close. Painted Pony P (TO:PPY) added 5.14% or 0.41 points to end at 8.38 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 3.73% or 0.73 points to 20.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sherritt International Corporation (TO:S), which lost 4.26% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.47 in late trade. Canaccord Financial Inc (TO:CF) declined 3.27% or 0.22 points to end at 6.50 and Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE) shed 3.02% or 0.19 points to 6.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 717 to 711 and 190 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 down 0.83% to 11.99 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1205.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.33% or 0.81 to hit $59.91 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.49% or 0.99 to trade at $65.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.78% to 0.8133, while CAD/EUR rose 0.14% to 0.7385.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.82% at 96.25.