Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT), which rose 4.08% or 0.25 points to trade at 6.37 at the close. Martinrea International Inc . (TSX:MRE) added 3.39% or 0.39 points to end at 11.89 and Home Capital Group Inc . (TSX:HCG) was up 3.21% or 1.21 points to 38.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD), which lost 6.44% or 7.49 points to trade at 108.85 in late trade. MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY) declined 5.53% or 3.82 points to end at 65.28 and Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) shed 5.36% or 2.24 points to 39.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 564 to 460 and 97 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 0.07% or 1.30 to $1757.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.49% or 1.17 to hit $79.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.55 to trade at $82.50 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.68% to 0.8023, while CAD/EUR rose 0.53% to 0.6933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.097.