Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR), which rose 11.50% or 7.48 points to trade at 72.50 at the close. Enghouse Systems Ltd (TO:ENGH) added 5.76% or 3.16 points to end at 58.00 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 4.58% or 0.75 points to 17.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which lost 5.43% or 0.27 points to trade at 4.70 in late trade. Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) declined 5.11% or 0.17 points to end at 3.16 and Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) shed 5.09% or 0.260 points to 4.850.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 631 to 504 and 140 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 3.66% to 10.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1258.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.53% or 0.30 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $63.26 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.69% to 0.7762, while CAD/EUR fell 0.41% to 0.6604.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.94.