Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR), which rose 5.23% or 0.520 points to trade at 10.470 at the close. Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa) added 4.66% or 0.90 points to end at 20.20 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) was up 4.07% or 0.230 points to 5.880 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 6.19% or 2.87 points to trade at 43.53 in late trade. Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC) declined 5.36% or 2.00 points to end at 35.31 and Docebo Inc (TSX:DCBO) shed 3.79% or 2.63 points to 66.84.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 582 to 446 and 114 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 3.35% to 17.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 6.45 to $1795.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.67% or 0.53 to hit $78.93 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.20 to trade at $81.79 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.77% to 0.7914, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.6966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 95.733.