Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which rose 4.05% or 0.57 points to trade at 14.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) added 3.52% or 0.05 points to end at 1.47 and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) was up 3.13% or 0.73 points to 24.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT), which fell 8.12% or 7.22 points to trade at 81.73 at the close. Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) declined 6.12% or 1.51 points to end at 23.17 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) was down 5.52% or 1.860 points to 31.850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 647 to 444 and 116 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 15.47% to 13.81.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.56% or 6.90 to $1230.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.49 to trade at $73.07 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.17% to 0.7617, while CAD/EUR rose 0.40% to 0.6497.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.81% at 94.21.