Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG), which rose 12.90% or 2.12 points to trade at 18.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) added 8.90% or 0.13 points to end at 1.59 and Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT) was up 8.06% or 0.05 points to 0.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW), which fell 27.27% or 0.39 points to trade at 1.04 at the close. Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) declined 13.79% or 12.24 points to end at 76.51 and BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) was down 7.69% or 0.72 points to 8.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 730 to 619 and 190 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW) fell to 5-year lows; down 27.27% or 0.39 to 1.04. Shares in BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.69% or 0.72 to 8.64.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 5.95% to 23.40.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.71% or 8.20 to $1145.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.44% or 0.65 to hit $45.55 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.27 to trade at $48.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7508, while CAD/EUR rose 0.12% to 0.6700.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 96.31.