Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC), which rose 15.92% or 1.17 points to trade at 8.52 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc (TO:HBM) added 9.03% or 0.56 points to end at 6.76 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) was up 8.38% or 0.460 points to 5.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD), which lost 6.01% or 0.28 points to trade at 4.38 in late trade. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 4.41% or 0.120 points to end at 2.600 and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL) shed 3.71% or 1.340 points to 34.760.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 804 to 285 and 104 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 12.12% to 22.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.64% or 8.30 to $1286.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.42% or 1.14 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.43% or 1.36 to trade at $57.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.74% to 0.7467, while CAD/EUR rose 0.71% to 0.6551.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.755.