Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.64% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA), which rose 40.07% or 2.765 points to trade at 9.665 at the close. Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) added 8.46% or 1.4200 points to end at 18.2000 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) was up 7.84% or 0.61 points to 8.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Open Text Corp (TSX:OTEX), which lost 8.84% or 4.97 points to trade at 51.26 in late trade. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TSX:SNC) declined 5.87% or 1.11 points to end at 17.81 and Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) shed 5.12% or 2.44 points to 45.18.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 625 to 390 and 121 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 4.70% to 12.71 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.45% or 20.80 to $1453.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.37% or 1.28 to hit $55.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.77 to trade at $61.27 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.07% to 0.7573, while CAD/EUR fell 0.14% to 0.6816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 97.873.