Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which rose 65.32% or 6.065 points to trade at 15.350 at the close. Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO) added 22.58% or 0.140 points to end at 0.760 and SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM) was up 14.59% or 3.83 points to 30.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chorus Aviation Inc (TSX:CHR), which lost 7.00% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.39 in late trade. Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) declined 6.59% or 1.91 points to end at 27.07 and Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb) shed 4.65% or 0.020 points to 0.410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 617 to 403 and 98 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.69% or 11.95 to $1752.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 7.62% or 2.10 to hit $29.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 5.30% or 1.65 to trade at $32.78 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.38% to 0.7090, while CAD/EUR fell 0.46% to 0.6555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 100.433.