Shares of Barrick Gold Corp. ABX, -0.49% slipped 0.49% to C$26.39 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, +2.03% rising 2.03% to 20,099.81. This was the stock’s seventh consecutive day of losses. Barrick Gold Corp. closed C$7.11 below its 52-week high (C$33.50), which the company achieved on March 8th. Trading volume of 4.5 M shares remained below its 50-day average volume of 4.5 M.