Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU), which rose 3.24% or 0.150 points to trade at 4.780 at the close. Meanwhile, PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (TO:PSK) added 2.85% or 0.70 points to end at 25.22 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) was up 2.81% or 0.14 points to 5.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD), which fell 3.68% or 0.600 points to trade at 15.710 at the close. Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS) declined 3.68% or 0.44 points to end at 11.52 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) was down 3.47% or 0.310 points to 8.620.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 566 to 506 and 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cascades Inc. (TO:CAS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.68% or 0.44 to 11.52.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 6.07% to 13.46.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.42% or 5.20 to $1241.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.47% or 0.33 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.45 to trade at $74.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7600, while CAD/EUR fell 0.14% to 0.6505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.46.
