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Investing.com - Canadian equities started with losses on Friday. The top losers were Capped Consumer Staples, Capped Information Technology and Capped Financial indices.

At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index fell 1.12%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were also in the red. The TSX Venture dropped 0.91%, while the Smallcap was down by 0.62%.

Top Gainers:

• Aritzia (TSX:ATZ): Rose 11.44% or 6.52 points to 63.51.
• Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI): Climbed 4.76% or 0.96 points to 21.14.
• MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG): Increased 4.30% or 1.06 points to 25.70.

Top Losers:

• Tilray (TSX:TLRY): Fell 12.56% or 0.25 points to 1.74.
• Shopify Inc (NYSE:SHOP): Declined 5.77% or 8.97 points to 146.48.
• Lightspeed Commerce (TSX:LSPD): Dropped 4.32% or 0.95 points to 21.06.

In Commodities Trading:

• March Brent Oil Contract climbed by 4.23% or 3.25 points to 80.17 a barrel.
• Crude Oil for February delivery rose 3.31 points to 77.23 a barrel.
• Gold Futures for February delivery increased 33.55 points to 2,724.35 a troy ounce.

Currency Markets:

• USD/CAD is trying to reach above 1.44 once again.
• EUR/CAD dropped to 1.4766.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 109.435.

Main Economic Events:

Building permits failed to reach expectations; while the employment change and the unemployment data was better than expected.

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