Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, IT and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which rose 6.37% or 0.440 points to trade at 7.350 at the close. Norbord Inc (TSX:OSB) added 3.75% or 1.25 points to end at 34.59 and Enerflex Ltd . (TSX:EFX) was up 3.68% or 0.38 points to 10.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL), which lost 25.73% or 11.96 points to trade at 34.53 in late trade. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) declined 5.86% or 0.30 points to end at 4.82 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) shed 5.78% or 0.6700 points to 10.9300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 517 to 500 and 140 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 0.82% to 12.32.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 4.95 to $1493.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.39% or 0.21 to hit $53.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.62 to trade at $59.29 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7619, while CAD/EUR fell 0.29% to 0.6820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 96.925.