Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE), which rose 12.55% or 1.54 points to trade at 13.81 at the close. Parkland Fuel Corporation (TO:PKI) added 8.83% or 3.25 points to end at 40.07 and Gran Tierra Energy Inc (TO:GTE) was up 4.38% or 0.130 points to 3.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS), which lost 7.75% or 6.41 points to trade at 76.32 in late trade. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) declined 4.95% or 0.44 points to end at 8.44 and Whitecap Resources Inc . (TO:WCP) shed 4.36% or 0.21 points to 4.61.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 595 to 472 and 116 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 3.49% to 12.99 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.65% or 21.65 to $1294.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.53% or 1.45 to hit $55.77 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.14% or 1.42 to trade at $64.89 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.7527, while CAD/EUR rose 0.10% to 0.6616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 96.382.