Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET), which rose 5.69% or 0.17 points to trade at 3.16 at the close. Cascades Inc . (TSX:CAS) added 3.14% or 0.52 points to end at 17.09 and Husky Energy Inc . (TSX:HSE) was up 3.04% or 0.09 points to 3.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL), which lost 6.00% or 1.16 points to trade at 18.16 in late trade. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (TSX:AUP) declined 3.50% or 0.68 points to end at 18.75 and New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) shed 3.35% or 0.080 points to 2.310.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 597 to 454 and 111 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.57% or 10.90 to $1905.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.57% or 1.77 to hit $36.95 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.52% or 1.85 to trade at $39.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.7514, while CAD/EUR rose 0.19% to 0.6415.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.915.