Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ), which rose 8.32% or 1.60 points to trade at 20.82 at the close. Restaurant Brands Intl (TSX:QSR) added 5.20% or 4.20 points to end at 84.94 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) was up 4.29% or 0.100 points to 2.430 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 5.58% or 1.07 points to trade at 18.11 in late trade. Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD) declined 5.13% or 0.63 points to end at 11.64 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) shed 3.97% or 0.23 points to 5.57.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 537 to 428 and 122 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.16% or 21.20 to $1810.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $73.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $75.25 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.8017, while CAD/EUR rose 0.08% to 0.6762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 92.172.