Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.35% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI), which rose 7.25% or 1.51 points to trade at 22.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG) added 7.13% or 1.00 points to end at 15.02 and OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) was up 4.27% or 0.180 points to 4.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS), which fell 8.22% or 5.11 points to trade at 57.04 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) declined 8.02% or 0.82 points to end at 9.40 and Aphria Inc (TO:APHA) was down 6.39% or 0.450 points to 6.590.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 796 to 353 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.02% or 0.82 to 9.40. Shares in OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.27% or 0.180 to 4.400.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.64% to 22.09 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.73% or 9.30 to $1258.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.07% or 0.49 to hit $45.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.84 to trade at $53.51 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.65% to 0.7354, while CAD/EUR rose 0.12% to 0.6474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.84% at 96.532.