Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.98% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K), which rose 6.00% or 0.28 points to trade at 4.95 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) added 5.41% or 0.190 points to end at 3.700 and Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) was up 5.38% or 0.19 points to 3.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN), which lost 6.21% or 0.550 points to trade at 8.310 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM) declined 5.85% or 0.57 points to end at 9.17 and Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) shed 5.40% or 0.60 points to 10.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 750 to 364 and 135 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 9.48% to 14.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.57% or 20.80 to $1348.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.57% or 1.65 to hit $65.95 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.35% or 1.62 to trade at $70.53 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.53% to 0.7769, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6286.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 89.07.