Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Discretionary and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TransAlta Corp (TO:TA), which rose 17.01% or 1.06 points to trade at 7.33 at the close. Capital Power Corporation (TO:CPX) added 9.58% or 2.05 points to end at 23.44 and Amaya Inc (TO:AYA) was up 6.97% or 1.31 points to 20.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD), which lost 4.97% or 0.34 points to trade at 6.50 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) declined 4.92% or 0.82 points to end at 15.85 and Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TO:KEL) shed 4.87% or 0.310 points to 6.050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 563 to 550 and 159 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 up 31.10% to 14.29.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.30 to $1183.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.11% or 1.97 to hit $45.99 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.90% or 1.91 to trade at $47.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.30% to 0.7394, while CAD/EUR fell 0.47% to 0.6986.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.48.