Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Dollarama Inc (TO:DOL), which rose 3.55% or 4.78 points to trade at 139.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) added 2.19% or 0.23 points to end at 10.74 and Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa) was up 2.08% or 0.54 points to 26.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which fell 10.23% or 1.10 points to trade at 9.65 at the close. Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) declined 7.57% or 0.32 points to end at 3.91 and NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) was down 5.71% or 0.390 points to 6.440.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 620 to 432 and 168 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dollarama Inc (TO:DOL) rose to all time highs; rising 3.55% or 4.78 to 139.50. Shares in Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.08% or 0.54 to 26.50.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 87.18% to 11.83.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.57 to $1351.87 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.14% or 1.54 to hit $47.55 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.39% or 0.76 to trade at $53.73 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.8235, while CAD/EUR fell 0.34% to 0.6842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 91.28.