Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.63%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.63%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aya Gold&Silver Inc (TSX:AYA), which rose 7.80% or 0.92 points to trade at 12.72 at the close. Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:LB) added 4.03% or 1.10 points to end at 28.40 and Orla Mining Ltd (TSX:OLA) was up 3.35% or 0.18 points to 5.55 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Advantage Oil&Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV), which lost 4.86% or 0.44 points to trade at 8.61 in late trade. Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR) declined 3.70% or 0.19 points to end at 4.94 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) shed 3.55% or 0.07 points to 1.90.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 491 to 460 and 93 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 1.36% to 10.12.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 6.60 to $2,566.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.43% or 1.67 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.00% or 1.45 to trade at $71.11 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.21% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.67.