Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which rose 8.70% or 1.54 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) added 2.76% or 0.14 points to end at 5.22 and Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) was up 2.41% or 0.52 points to 22.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb), which fell 4.99% or 1.68 points to trade at 32.00 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 4.42% or 0.53 points to end at 11.45 and Nevsun Resources Ltd . (TO:NSU) was down 3.56% or 0.120 points to 3.250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 673 to 468 and 130 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.42% or 0.53 to 11.45.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 11.57% to 12.15.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.70 to $1286.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.21% or 1.12 to hit $49.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.00% or 1.06 to trade at $51.93 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.24% to 0.7406, while CAD/EUR fell 0.17% to 0.6915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.78.