Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which rose 14.92% or 1.480 points to trade at 11.400 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) added 8.58% or 0.690 points to end at 8.730 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) was up 7.84% or 2.170 points to 29.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TO:MFI), which lost 4.92% or 1.59 points to trade at 30.72 in late trade. Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) declined 4.34% or 0.41 points to end at 9.04 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) shed 4.16% or 0.960 points to 22.130.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 576 to 485 and 155 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 0.45% to 15.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.45% or 6.10 to $1348.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $67.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.42 to trade at $72.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.10% to 0.7935, while CAD/EUR fell 0.20% to 0.6432.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 89.47.