Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, IT and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 13.49% or 2.05 points to trade at 17.25 at the close. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd . (TO:AEM) added 10.52% or 6.21 points to end at 65.25 and Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) was up 8.95% or 0.41 points to 4.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which lost 8.33% or 1.19 points to trade at 13.09 in late trade. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) declined 4.53% or 0.140 points to end at 2.950 and Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) shed 4.20% or 0.98 points to 22.34.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 672 to 445 and 137 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 up 0.40% to 12.65.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1269.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.45% or 0.22 to hit $49.19 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $51.87 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7331, while CAD/EUR fell 0.27% to 0.6728.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 98.88.