Shares of Barrick Gold Corp. ABX, -0.62% shed 0.62% to C$22.52 Friday, in what proved to be an otherwise all-around favorable trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE, +0.57% rising 0.57% to 21,947.41. Barrick Gold Corp. closed C$4.87 below its 52-week high (C$27.39), which the company achieved on May 5th. Trading volume of 2.8 M shares remained below its 50-day average volume of 4.0 M.