Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which rose 5.50% or 0.880 points to trade at 16.890 at the close. Meanwhile, Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) added 4.47% or 0.14 points to end at 3.27 and Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY) was up 3.65% or 0.130 points to 3.690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which fell 4.42% or 1.87 points to trade at 40.45 at the close. ARC Resources Ltd . (TO:ARX) declined 4.15% or 0.60 points to end at 13.85 and CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU) was down 3.62% or 0.180 points to 4.790.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 575 to 467 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.42% or 1.87 to 40.45.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.92% to 13.38.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1205.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.47% or 0.33 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.33 to trade at $77.69 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.52% to 0.7661, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 95.03.