Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE), which rose 8.73% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.990 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 6.89% or 1.190 points to end at 18.450 and Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) was up 6.62% or 0.10 points to 1.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included New Flyer Industries Inc (TO:NFI), which lost 2.19% or 1.10 points to trade at 49.19 in late trade. Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) declined 2.11% or 0.35 points to end at 16.27 and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (TO:PBH) shed 1.84% or 1.82 points to 97.23.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 711 to 403 and 110 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 up 0.93% to 12.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.23% or 15.77 to $1293.97 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.68% or 1.48 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 1.37 to trade at $62.73 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7827, while CAD/EUR fell 0.30% to 0.6640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.59.