Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Clean Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 6.88% or 1.03 points to trade at 16.00 at the close. Amaya Inc (TO:AYA) added 3.81% or 0.83 points to end at 22.63 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was up 3.44% or 0.34 points to 10.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Klondex Mines Ltd. (TO:KDX), which lost 6.00% or 0.360 points to trade at 5.640 in late trade. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) declined 3.94% or 0.25 points to end at 6.09 and Boyd Group Income Fund (TO:BYD_u) shed 2.95% or 2.55 points to 83.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 631 to 522 and 137 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 2.87% to 12.18.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.09% or 1.15 to $1246.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.86% or 0.41 to hit $48.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.41 to trade at $50.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7483, while CAD/EUR fell 0.33% to 0.6923.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 99.52.