Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.74% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which rose 6.07% or 2.98 points to trade at 52.09 at the close. B2Gold Corp (TSX:BTO) added 4.47% or 0.24 points to end at 5.61 and Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) was up 4.10% or 0.22 points to 5.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cogeco Communications Inc (TSX:CCA), which lost 10.73% or 8.76 points to trade at 72.88 in late trade. Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TSX:AQN) declined 6.30% or 0.60 points to end at 8.93 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN) shed 5.90% or 0.58 points to 9.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 567 to 426 and 113 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 7.96% to 14.91.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.25% or 23.70 to $1,922.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.03% or 1.59 to hit $79.98 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.38 to trade at $85.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.01% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 101.90.