Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 1.22%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare , Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 1.22%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ ), which rose 19.07% or 10.87 points to trade at 67.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI ) added 8.08% or 1.63 points to end at 21.81 and Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL ) was up 3.05% or 2.06 points to 69.67 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY ), which fell 12.06% or 0.24 points to trade at 1.75 at the close. Brookfield Corp (TSX:BN ) declined 5.86% or 4.93 points to end at 79.25 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS ) was down 5.85% or 0.54 points to 8.69.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 606 to 317 and 98 ended unchanged.

Shares in Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ ) rose to all time highs; rising 19.07% or 10.87 to 67.86.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.43% to 11.77.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.99% or 26.51 to $2,717.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.71% or 2.74 to hit $76.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.64% or 2.80 to trade at $79.72 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.69, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.30% to 0.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 109.49.

Source: Investing.com