Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which rose 3.98% or 0.99 points to trade at 25.89 at the close. Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TSX:AQN) added 3.86% or 0.42 points to end at 11.31 and Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) was up 2.66% or 1.72 points to 66.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM), which lost 6.02% or 2.03 points to trade at 31.69 in late trade. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) declined 3.77% or 0.27 points to end at 6.90 and Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u) shed 2.88% or 0.73 points to 24.59.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 560 to 414 and 104 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 6.52% to 12.34 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.27% or 25.65 to $1,993.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.53% or 0.41 to hit $77.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.49 to trade at $81.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.60% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 101.44.