Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON), which rose 6.62% or 0.26 points to trade at 4.19 at the close. Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL) added 4.96% or 0.83 points to end at 17.56 and Pan American Silver Corp (TSX:PAAS) was up 4.25% or 0.81 points to 19.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which lost 9.32% or 0.51 points to trade at 4.96 in late trade. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) declined 4.62% or 0.25 points to end at 5.16 and Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS) shed 4.57% or 0.19 points to 3.97.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 546 to 443 and 115 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 3.64% to 18.82 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.66% or 11.65 to $1,751.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.74% or 1.42 to hit $80.22 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.16% or 1.94 to trade at $87.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 106.86.