Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aimia Inc (TO:AIM), which rose 16.22% or 0.54 points to trade at 3.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Boardwalk REIT (TO:BEI_u) added 6.55% or 2.95 points to end at 48.01 and Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) was up 5.24% or 0.110 points to 2.210 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which fell 15.45% or 1.67 points to trade at 9.14 at the close. Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) declined 14.27% or 4.36 points to end at 26.20 and Enercare Inc (TO:ECI) was down 10.65% or 2.26 points to 18.97.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 600 to 506 and 151 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 7.41% to 13.34.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.32% or 3.95 to $1228.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $47.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.11 to trade at $50.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.22% to 0.7290, while CAD/EUR fell 0.77% to 0.6670.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 99.06.