Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX), which rose 5.89% or 0.44 points to trade at 7.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:CXB) added 5.67% or 0.11 points to end at 2.05 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) was up 3.90% or 0.13 points to 3.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TSX:KEL), which fell 5.55% or 0.36 points to trade at 6.13 at the close. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (TSX:BIP_u) declined 4.19% or 1.69 points to end at 38.69 and Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) was down 4.12% or 0.90 points to 20.92.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 489 to 438 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) rose to 3-years highs; rising 3.90% or 0.13 to 3.46.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.14% to 8.95.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.18% or 28.00 to $2,397.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.75% or 0.63 to hit $83.25 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.68 to trade at $86.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.44% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 104.54.