Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.94% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Toromont Industries Ltd . (TO:TIH), which rose 10.04% or 5.98 points to trade at 65.53 at the close. Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW) added 9.69% or 1.46 points to end at 16.52 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) was up 7.00% or 0.425 points to 6.495 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MTY Food Group Inc (TO:MTY), which lost 12.55% or 8.77 points to trade at 61.09 in late trade. Cineplex Inc . (TO:CGX) declined 7.40% or 2.01 points to end at 25.14 and New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) shed 6.67% or 0.080 points to 1.120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 645 to 412 and 140 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 9.77% to 14.41 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.81% or 10.65 to $1324.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.43% or 1.32 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.66% or 1.72 to trade at $66.29 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.34% to 0.7548, while CAD/EUR rose 0.43% to 0.6683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.740.