Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.72% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which rose 10.39% or 0.990 points to trade at 10.520 at the close. New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) added 9.90% or 0.200 points to end at 2.220 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) was up 9.89% or 1.680 points to 18.670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI), which lost 20.83% or 1.30 points to trade at 4.94 in late trade. Intertape Polymer Group Inc . (TSX:ITP) declined 10.08% or 2.99 points to end at 26.66 and LifeWorks Inc (TSX:LWRK) shed 9.37% or 2.85 points to 27.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 507 to 455 and 132 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 24.19% to 13.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 4.75 to $1868.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.59% or 0.48 to hit $81.11 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.46 to trade at $82.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.26% to 0.7969, while CAD/EUR rose 0.28% to 0.6960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.082.