Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.31% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.31%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which rose 7.26% or 0.65 points to trade at 9.60 at the close. Boralex Inc (TSX:BLX) added 5.78% or 3.03 points to end at 55.43 and Northland Power Inc . (TSX:NPI) was up 4.32% or 2.08 points to 50.25 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Silvercorp Metals Inc (TSX:SVM), which lost 9.74% or 0.83 points to trade at 7.69 in late trade. SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) declined 9.16% or 1.35 points to end at 13.38 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) shed 8.52% or 1.01 points to 10.85.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 637 to 401 and 106 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 3.72% or 71.10 to $1842.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.52% or 1.28 to hit $52.11 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.74% or 1.49 to trade at $55.87 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7862, while CAD/EUR rose 0.30% to 0.6440.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 90.125.