Canada Stock Market Report

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Industrials, and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.20%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were:
– Onex Corp (TSX:ONEX): rose 2.89% or 3.19 points to trade at 113.54 at the close.
– CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE): added 2.21% or 0.79 points to end at 36.52.
– Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT): was up 2.04% or 0.27 points to 13.50 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– ATS Corporation (TSX:ATS): fell 3.31% or 1.48 points to trade at 43.27 at the close.
– Granite REIT (TSX:GRT_u): declined 2.22% or 1.58 points to end at 69.71.
– TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII): was down 2.19% or 4.45 points to 198.66.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 444 to 429, and 114 ended unchanged.

Shares in CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE) rose to 3-year highs, gaining 2.21% or 0.79 to 36.52.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.67% to 10.97.

Commodities Overview

• Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.81% or 21.49 to $2,632.41 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.95% or 0.66 to hit $70.28 a barrel.
• The March Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.60 to trade at $73.45 a barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates

• CAD/USD was unchanged, 0.09% to 0.69.
• CAD/EUR unchanged 0.08% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 107.82.