Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR), which rose 8.65% or 0.84 points to trade at 10.55 at the close. Meanwhile, IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG) added 6.71% or 0.23 points to end at 3.66 and Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI) was up 5.92% or 0.29 points to 5.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG), which fell 15.82% or 0.78 points to trade at 4.15 at the close. Mitel Networks Corporation (TO:MNW) declined 9.62% or 0.97 points to end at 9.11 and NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) was down 6.43% or 0.320 points to 4.660.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 736 to 581 and 349 ended unchanged.
Shares in First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.65% or 0.84 to 10.55.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 6.31% to 16.17.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.75% or 9.20 to $1235.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.41% or 1.00 to hit $40.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.68 to trade at $43.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.19% to 0.7798, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6912.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.69.