Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which rose 15.20% or 2.12 points to trade at 16.07 at the close. Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) added 12.88% or 0.34 points to end at 2.98 and Aphria Inc (TO:APHA) was up 12.81% or 0.970 points to 8.540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Barrick Gold Corporation (TO:ABX), which lost 4.18% or 0.78 points to trade at 17.90 in late trade. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) declined 2.96% or 0.24 points to end at 7.86 and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) shed 2.77% or 0.980 points to 34.460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 972 to 190 and 75 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 1.93% to 24.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 1.85 to $1282.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.10% or 0.49 to hit $45.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.27 to trade at $53.00 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.25% to 0.7325, while CAD/EUR fell 0.39% to 0.6398.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.890.