Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.56% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII), which rose 7.85% or 12.76 points to trade at 175.29 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 6.25% or 0.17 points to end at 2.89 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) was up 5.09% or 0.76 points to 15.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which lost 5.10% or 0.86 points to trade at 15.99 in late trade. Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAAC) declined 2.31% or 0.20 points to end at 8.45 and Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL) shed 1.75% or 0.77 points to 43.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 664 to 319 and 121 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 4.12% to 9.77.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.63% or 12.90 to $2,064.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.45% or 0.33 to hit $73.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.21 to trade at $79.18 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.10% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 101.36.