Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.54%

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which rose 9.12% or 11.80 points to trade at 141.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Capital Power Corporation (TSX:CPX) added 2.57% or 1.57 points to end at 62.59 and TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) was up 2.09% or 0.39 points to 19.09 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX:ENGH), which fell 12.89% or 4.05 points to trade at 27.36 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) declined 5.34% or 0.23 points to end at 4.08 and HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) was down 5.15% or 0.67 points to 12.34.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 576 to 367 and 89 ended unchanged.

Shares in Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) rose to all time highs; rising 9.12% or 11.80 to 141.22.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 19.67% to 7.39 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.55% or 41.99 to $2,667.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 1.03 to hit $71.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.90 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.43% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.63.