Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APHA), which rose 9.67% or 1.110 points to trade at 12.590 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) added 6.10% or 0.30 points to end at 5.22 and Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) was up 6.06% or 1.5600 points to 27.3100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS), which lost 18.99% or 2.48 points to trade at 10.58 in late trade. Imperial Oil Ltd (TO:IMO) declined 4.67% or 1.74 points to end at 35.54 and Teck Resources Ltd B (TO:TECKb) shed 3.78% or 1.21 points to 30.79.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 611 to 477 and 134 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 2.38% to 15.97 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.20% or 2.65 to $1322.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.90% or 1.56 to hit $55.35 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 3.34% or 2.03 to trade at $62.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7641, while CAD/EUR rose 0.15% to 0.6666.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 95.300.