Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS), which rose 12.02% or 0.31 points to trade at 2.89 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) added 9.80% or 0.44 points to end at 4.93 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) was up 9.76% or 2.08 points to 23.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE), which lost 13.48% or 1.73 points to trade at 11.10 in late trade. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) declined 4.83% or 0.29 points to end at 5.72 and George Weston Limited (TSX:WN) shed 3.70% or 5.88 points to 152.84.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 808 to 231 and 90 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 2.89% to 20.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.66% or 11.50 to $1,761.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.04% or 1.97 to hit $98.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.99 to trade at $103.82 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 0.78, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.18% to 0.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 105.70.