Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD), which rose 8.60% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.010 at the close. Meanwhile, Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD) added 5.65% or 0.38 points to end at 7.10 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) was up 5.05% or 1.05 points to 21.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which fell 7.61% or 4.390 points to trade at 53.280 at the close. Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u) declined 5.90% or 3.21 points to end at 51.20 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) was down 5.14% or 0.730 points to 13.480.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 536 to 497 and 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) rose to all time highs; up 5.05% or 1.05 to 21.83.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.51% to 11.43.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 6.30 to $1403.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.52 to hit $57.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.33% or 0.86 to trade at $65.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.24% to 0.7563, while CAD/EUR fell 0.88% to 0.6653.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.692.
