Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Mining and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 8.29% or 9.27 points to trade at 121.06 at the close. Intertain Group (TO:IT) added 4.91% or 0.67 points to end at 14.32 and DHX Media Ltd (TO:DHXb) was up 4.28% or 0.36 points to 8.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankers Petroleum Ltd . (TO:BNK), which lost 21.43% or 0.450 points to trade at 1.650 in late trade. New Gold Inc . (TO:NGD) declined 8.72% or 0.26 points to end at 2.72 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) shed 8.54% or 0.45 points to 4.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 755 to 615 and 183 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 3.21% to 18.07.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.50 to $1077.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.35% or 0.14 to hit $41.58 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.29 to trade at $44.48 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.50% to 0.7490, while CAD/EUR rose 0.33% to 0.7037.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 99.69.