Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CannTrust Holdings Inc (TSX:TRST), which rose 16.67% or 0.4300 points to trade at 3.0100 at the close. Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE) added 9.59% or 1.89 points to end at 21.59 and Winpak Ltd. (TSX:WPK) was up 5.35% or 2.38 points to 46.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA), which lost 6.10% or 0.470 points to trade at 7.240 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) declined 5.76% or 0.63 points to end at 10.30 and Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TSX:PEY) shed 4.33% or 0.17 points to 3.76.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 565 to 458 and 130 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 1.24% to 10.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.28% or 3.90 to $1418.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $56.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $63.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7595, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.6825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 97.725.