Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the lost 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were 5N Plus Inc. (), which rose 6.84% or 2.81 points to trade at 43.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Atkinsrealis Group Inc () added 6.44% or 5.25 points to end at 86.79 and MDA Ltd () was up 6.29% or 3.50 points to 59.11 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Alamos Gold Inc (), which fell 18.44% or 9.48 points to trade at 41.92 at the close. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp () declined 4.78% or 8.27 points to end at 164.74 and Torex Gold Resources Inc () was down 4.22% or 2.56 points to 58.17.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 498 to 425 and 84 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.32% to 14.72.

for August delivery was down 1.71% or 72.65 to $4,173.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, for delivery in July fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $76.51 a barrel, while the August contract rose 0.66% or 0.53 to trade at $80.38 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.40% to 0.61.

The was down 0.10% at 100.52.