Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Mining and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.85% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Amaya Inc (TO:AYA), which rose 6.81% or 2.21 points to trade at 34.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Canexus Corporation (TO:CUS) added 5.52% or 0.08 points to end at 1.53 and Capstone Mining Corp. (TO:CS) was up 4.92% or 0.060 points to 1.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TO:TXG), which fell 21.05% or 0.240 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) declined 6.19% or 0.180 points to end at 2.730 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) was down 6.10% or 0.97 points to 14.92.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 821 to 577 and 225 ended unchanged.
Shares in Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TO:TXG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 21.05% or 0.240 to 0.900.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.48% to 13.69.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.40 to $1200.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.69% or 1.02 to hit $59.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.16% or 1.39 to trade at $62.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.35% to 0.8151, while CAD/EUR fell 0.21% to 0.7182.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.33.