Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SSR Mining Inc (TO:SSRM), which rose 11.68% or 1.44 points to trade at 13.77 at the close. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) added 8.64% or 1.090 points to end at 13.710 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) was up 6.89% or 4.24 points to 65.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD), which lost 4.03% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.19 in late trade. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (TO:WPM) declined 3.29% or 0.77 points to end at 22.64 and Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) shed 3.16% or 0.54 points to 16.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 559 to 549 and 125 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 12.27% to 16.02.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.50 to $1221.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.53 to hit $71.50 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $80.53 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7675, while CAD/EUR rose 0.35% to 0.6641.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 94.95.