Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.07% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG), which rose 13.77% or 0.68 points to trade at 5.62 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 12.74% or 0.72 points to end at 6.37 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) was up 7.25% or 0.42 points to 6.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which lost 7.64% or 0.37 points to trade at 4.47 in late trade. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) declined 7.41% or 0.140 points to end at 1.750 and Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) shed 5.98% or 0.43 points to 6.76.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 817 to 471 and 334 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 17.32% to 18.19 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 1.70% or 21.70 to $1251.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.82% or 0.69 to hit $38.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.40 to trade at $40.45 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.87% to 0.7560, while CAD/EUR rose 1.16% to 0.6780.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 96.21.