Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.36%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the REITs, Real Estate and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled 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 lost 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) shed 3.93% or 0.35 points to 8.56.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 492 to 423 and 111 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.63% to 11.04.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 8.45 to $2,757.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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 0.26% at 104.19.