Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.20% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa), which rose 2.88% or 0.47 points to trade at 16.78 at the close. Primo Water Corp (TSX:PRMW) added 2.35% or 0.47 points to end at 20.51 and Emera Incorporated (TSX:EMA) was up 2.15% or 1.11 points to 52.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC), which lost 9.84% or 3.54 points to trade at 32.45 in late trade. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) declined 6.67% or 0.64 points to end at 8.95 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) shed 3.53% or 0.28 points to 7.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 530 to 446 and 122 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 1.78% to 15.99 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 9.40 to $1,755.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.78% or 1.39 to hit $76.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 1.43 to trade at $83.91 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.26% to 0.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.94.