Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG), which rose 4.74% or 0.540 points to trade at 11.930 at the close. Meanwhile, Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) added 4.54% or 0.49 points to end at 11.28 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) was up 3.95% or 0.710 points to 18.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX), which fell 4.40% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.260 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) declined 3.42% or 0.150 points to end at 4.240 and Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) was down 2.93% or 0.10 points to 3.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 698 to 407 and 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aphria Inc (TO:APH) rose to all time highs; up 3.95% or 0.710 to 18.700.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.00% to 11.13.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.59% or 7.60 to $1304.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.47% or 0.28 to hit $60.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.47 to trade at $66.63 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.7944, while CAD/EUR fell 0.57% to 0.6623.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 92.00.