Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the REITs, Financials and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Corus Entertainment Inc (TSX:CJRb), which rose 9.76% or 0.33 points to trade at 3.71 at the close. Onex Corp (TSX:ONEX) added 5.32% or 3.12 points to end at 61.79 and Home Capital Group Inc . (TSX:HCG) was up 5.07% or 1.20 points to 24.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT), which lost 3.98% or 0.58 points to trade at 13.98 in late trade. Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) declined 3.90% or 0.31 points to end at 7.64 and Gibson Energy Inc . (TSX:GEI) shed 3.71% or 0.82 points to 21.27.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 560 to 461 and 134 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 0.01% or 0.10 to $1904.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.14% or 0.87 to hit $39.77 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.81% or 0.77 to trade at $41.69 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.02% to 0.7614, while CAD/EUR fell 0.29% to 0.6421.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 92.727.