Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP), which rose 16.99% or 0.440 points to trade at 3.030 at the close. Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW) added 14.52% or 4.94 points to end at 38.97 and Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) was up 10.47% or 0.94 points to 9.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Great-West Lifeco Inc . (TO:GWO), which lost 5.48% or 2.00 points to trade at 34.47 in late trade. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA) declined 4.16% or 1.830 points to end at 42.160 and Russel Metals Inc . (TO:RUS) shed 3.25% or 0.88 points to 26.23.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 684 to 451 and 124 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 5.19% to 12.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.61 to $1230.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.07% or 0.94 to hit $46.46 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.00 to trade at $49.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.66% to 0.7321, while CAD/EUR rose 0.57% to 0.6658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 98.44.