Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Health Care and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Genworth MI Canada Inc. (TO:MIC), which rose 5.13% or 1.55 points to trade at 31.75 at the close. Meanwhile, AGF Management Ltd (TO:AGFb) added 4.92% or 0.39 points to end at 8.31 and Newalta Corporation (TO:NAL) was up 4.55% or 0.67 points to 15.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aimia Inc. (TO:AIM), which fell 10.45% or 1.50 points to trade at 12.85 at the close. Painted Pony P (TO:PPY) declined 5.01% or 0.37 points to end at 7.02 and Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc (TO:PJCa) was down 3.85% or 1.08 points to 27.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 822 to 695 and 177 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aimia Inc. (TO:AIM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.45% or 1.50 to 12.85.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was up 1.69% to 15.00.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.21% or 2.50 to $1212.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 2.26% or 1.09 to hit $49.26 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 3.28% or 1.97 to trade at $62.02 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.7999, while CAD/EUR rose 0.14% to 0.7148.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 95.31.