Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which rose 14.64% or 3.66 points to trade at 28.66 at the close. Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) added 7.32% or 4.60 points to end at 67.42 and Open Text Corp (TSX:OTEX) was up 5.06% or 2.24 points to 46.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL), which lost 10.41% or 0.93 points to trade at 8.00 in late trade. Pan American Silver Corp (TSX:PAAS) declined 6.51% or 1.60 points to end at 22.98 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 6.21% or 0.26 points to 3.93.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 560 to 458 and 98 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 2.15% to 13.18.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 2.69% or 52.00 to $1,878.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.43% or 2.60 to hit $73.28 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.87% or 2.36 to trade at $79.81 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.65% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.41% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.20% at 102.79.