Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE), which rose 7.51% or 0.86 points to trade at 12.31 at the close. ARC Resources Ltd . (TSX:ARX) added 6.86% or 0.48 points to end at 7.48 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) was up 6.61% or 0.39 points to 6.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG), which lost 6.67% or 1.320 points to trade at 18.470 in late trade. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) declined 6.14% or 0.91 points to end at 13.91 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) shed 5.58% or 0.140 points to 2.370.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 629 to 414 and 143 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 31.83% to 15.45 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.27% or 18.85 to $1464.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.18% or 0.69 to hit $59.12 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 0.94 to trade at $64.33 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.61% to 0.7542, while CAD/EUR fell 0.20% to 0.6821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 97.653.