Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.52% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which rose 7.66% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.39 at the close. Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG) added 7.23% or 0.30 points to end at 4.45 and TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:TOG) was up 5.29% or 0.24 points to 4.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ), which lost 4.24% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.260 in late trade. Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC) declined 2.61% or 1.32 points to end at 49.28 and WestJet Airlines Ltd (TO:WJA) shed 2.09% or 0.41 points to 19.19.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 669 to 383 and 131 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 4.66% to 11.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1295.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.88% or 1.17 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 1.01 to trade at $70.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.16% to 0.7472, while CAD/EUR fell 0.24% to 0.6653.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.998.