Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 11.82% or 2.68 points to trade at 25.36 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 6.41% or 1.170 points to end at 19.420 and Lucara Diamond Corp (TO:LUC) was up 5.53% or 0.130 points to 2.480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS), which lost 3.03% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.44 in late trade. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) declined 2.24% or 0.23 points to end at 10.02 and TransAlta Corp (TO:TA) shed 2.01% or 0.16 points to 7.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 752 to 384 and 141 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 2.21% to 11.08.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.26% or 3.20 to $1249.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.15% or 0.65 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.14 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7773, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6606.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.87.