Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.98% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K), which rose 6.00% or 0.28 points to trade at 4.95 at the close. Meanwhile, OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) added 5.41% or 0.190 points to end at 3.700 and Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF) was up 5.38% or 0.19 points to 3.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN), which fell 6.21% or 0.550 points to trade at 8.310 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM) declined 5.85% or 0.57 points to end at 9.17 and Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) was down 5.40% or 0.60 points to 10.52.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 750 to 364 and 135 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 9.48% to 14.21.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.56% or 20.70 to $1348.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.57% or 1.65 to hit $65.95 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.35% or 1.62 to trade at $70.53 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.53% to 0.7769, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6286.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 89.06.