Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TSX:AQN), which rose 4.98% or 0.41 points to trade at 8.64 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 4.55% or 0.10 points to end at 2.30 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) was up 3.22% or 0.14 points to 4.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE), which lost 8.67% or 0.94 points to trade at 9.90 in late trade. Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) declined 6.20% or 3.68 points to end at 55.64 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) shed 5.70% or 0.15 points to 2.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 501 to 437 and 116 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 5.98% to 11.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.90% or 19.40 to $2,184.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.34% or 1.06 to hit $77.87 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 1.05 to trade at $81.91 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.10% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 102.73.