Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.51% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which rose 14.60% or 2.45 points to trade at 19.23 at the close. Secure Energy Services Inc . (TO:SES) added 9.38% or 0.74 points to end at 8.63 and Granite REIT (TO:GRT_u) was up 3.25% or 1.400 points to 44.490 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which lost 6.17% or 1.36 points to trade at 20.69 in late trade. Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) declined 5.19% or 0.39 points to end at 7.13 and MAG Silver Corp . (TO:MAG) shed 5.05% or 1.05 points to 19.73.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 727 to 393 and 155 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 3.16% to 17.98 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.95 to $1305.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.16% or 0.52 to hit $44.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.66% or 0.77 to trade at $45.58 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7464, while CAD/EUR fell 0.25% to 0.6706.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 97.00.