Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Onex Corp (TSX:ONEX), which rose 5.02% or 3.12 points to trade at 65.28 at the close. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) added 4.63% or 1.01 points to end at 22.83 and Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) was up 3.05% or 0.10 points to 3.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which lost 5.91% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.91 in late trade. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) declined 5.19% or 0.54 points to end at 9.87 and HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) shed 5.16% or 0.37 points to 6.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 501 to 463 and 121 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 3.10% to 13.45 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.81% or 37.15 to $2,018.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.62% or 0.51 to hit $82.67 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.38 to trade at $86.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.23% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 101.24.