Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index, S&P/TSX Capped Real Estate Index and S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Discretionary Index sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Winpak Ltd. (TSX:WPK), which rose 4.54% or 2.15 points to trade at 49.47 at the close. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) added 4.19% or 0.84 points to end at 20.87 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) was up 3.51% or 0.08 points to 2.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI), which fell 6.89% or 0.31 points to trade at 4.19 in late trade. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) declined 3.94% or 0.32 points to end at 7.81 and SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM) down 3.93% or 0.35 points to 8.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 492 to 423 and 111 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Shares in Winpak Ltd. (TSX:WPK) rose to 3-year highs; rising 4.54% or 2.15 to 49.47. Shares in Storagevault Canada Inc (TSX:SVI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.89% or 0.31 to 4.19.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.63% to 11.04.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 8.45 to $2,757.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.99% or 1.40 to hit $71.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.49 to trade at $75.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.02% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.19.