Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG), which rose 19.39% or 1.97 points to trade at 12.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Enerflex Ltd . (TO:EFX) added 9.37% or 1.42 points to end at 16.57 and Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA) was up 8.70% or 3.950 points to 49.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA), which fell 10.69% or 0.920 points to trade at 7.690 at the close. Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) declined 6.65% or 1.45 points to end at 20.35 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TO:BHC) was down 5.35% or 1.62 points to 28.68.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 624 to 406 and 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TO:RBA) rose to 52-week highs; up 8.70% or 3.950 to 49.340.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.08% to 12.34.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1219.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.36% or 0.91 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.85 to trade at $72.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.55% to 0.7621, while CAD/EUR rose 0.47% to 0.6679.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 96.16.