Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.08% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (TO:WPM), which rose 14.35% or 3.18 points to trade at 25.34 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APHA) added 7.25% or 0.505 points to end at 7.470 and Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust (TO:CUF_u) was up 4.10% or 0.48 points to 12.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP), which lost 12.76% or 27.460 points to trade at 187.660 in late trade. Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) declined 9.57% or 1.06 points to end at 10.02 and Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TO:TVE) shed 7.14% or 0.170 points to 2.210.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 813 to 309 and 126 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 5.39% to 21.31 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.43% or 5.40 to $1242.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.62% or 1.38 to hit $51.20 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.92% or 1.18 to trade at $60.27 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.28% to 0.7466, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.6604.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 97.455.