Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Enerflex Ltd . (TO:EFX), which rose 10.12% or 1.69 points to trade at 18.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) added 8.57% or 0.210 points to end at 2.660 and Exchange Income Corporation (TO:EIF) was up 6.96% or 2.190 points to 33.670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which fell 17.99% or 4.65 points to trade at 21.20 at the close. Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) declined 16.47% or 14.60 points to end at 74.03 and Paramount Resources Ltd . (TO:POU) was down 12.88% or 1.24 points to 8.39.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 792 to 342 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Enerflex Ltd. (TO:EFX) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.12% or 1.69 to 18.39. Shares in Paramount Resources Ltd. (TO:POU) fell to 52-week lows; losing 12.88% or 1.24 to 8.39.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.90% to 16.80.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.33% or 16.30 to $1209.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.47% or 0.89 to hit $59.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.04 to trade at $69.61 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.32% to 0.7578, while CAD/EUR fell 0.07% to 0.6684.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.72.
