Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Mining and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.55% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG), which rose 14.56% or 0.23 points to trade at 1.81 at the close. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) added 10.08% or 0.24 points to end at 2.62 and Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) was up 9.55% or 0.36 points to 4.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trilogy Energy Corp (TO:TET), which lost 9.51% or 0.41 points to trade at 3.90 in late trade. Athabasca Oil Corp (TO:ATH) declined 9.09% or 0.14 points to end at 1.40 and Encana Corporation (TO:ECA) shed 8.64% or 0.97 points to 10.26.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 842 to 557 and 193 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 4.12% to 12.89.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.35% or 3.80 to $1097.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.73% or 0.35 to hit $48.09 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.60 to trade at $54.66 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7667, while CAD/EUR rose 0.01% to 0.6984.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 97.36.