Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb), which rose 7.54% or 1.68 points to trade at 23.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Dominion Diamond Corp (TO:DDC) added 4.53% or 0.53 points to end at 12.22 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 4.19% or 1.47 points to 36.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR), which fell 5.18% or 0.81 points to trade at 14.82 at the close. Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TO:VII) declined 4.89% or 1.55 points to end at 30.16 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) was down 4.70% or 1.250 points to 25.360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 686 to 461 and 133 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.94% to 13.18.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.65 to $1341.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.52% or 1.63 to hit $44.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.32% or 1.58 to trade at $46.07 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.94% to 0.7594, while CAD/EUR fell 1.16% to 0.6761.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.38.