Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Clean Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.36% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TO:ZZZ), which rose 5.02% or 1.74 points to trade at 36.43 at the close. Nevsun Resources Ltd (TO:NSU) added 4.37% or 0.150 points to end at 3.580 and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) was up 3.80% or 0.810 points to 22.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which lost 30.21% or 4.35 points to trade at 10.05 in late trade. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) declined 6.38% or 0.180 points to end at 2.640 and Winpak Ltd. (TO:WPK) shed 4.35% or 2.18 points to 47.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 594 to 438 and 114 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 3.86% to 14.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.51% or 6.70 to $1324.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.30 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.30% to 0.7791, while CAD/EUR rose 0.08% to 0.6423.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 91.32.