Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.41% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canexus Corporation (TO:CUS), which rose 12.50% or 0.18 points to trade at 1.62 at the close. Major Drilling Group International (TO:MDI) added 6.39% or 0.41 points to end at 6.83 and Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) was up 4.71% or 4.18 points to 93.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG), which lost 4.18% or 0.32 points to trade at 7.34 in late trade. Semafo Inc. (TO:SMF) declined 4.05% or 0.15 points to end at 3.55 and Novagold Resources Inc. (TO:NG) shed 3.67% or 0.19 points to 4.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 768 to 631 and 184 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 3.52% to 14.13.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.36% or 4.20 to $1171.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.55% or 0.90 to hit $58.90 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.81% or 1.12 to trade at $63.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.50% to 0.8040, while CAD/EUR rose 1.66% to 0.7236.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 96.39.