Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.72% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which rose 31.04% or 7.59 points to trade at 32.04 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) added 7.83% or 0.84 points to end at 11.57 and Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) was up 6.39% or 0.74 points to 12.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which lost 6.46% or 1.67 points to trade at 24.20 in late trade. DH Corp (TO:DH) declined 4.30% or 1.05 points to end at 23.35 and Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) shed 2.75% or 0.240 points to 8.490.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 755 to 421 and 116 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 4.71% to 11.94.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 1.75 to $1235.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.49% or 0.79 to hit $53.79 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.82% or 1.01 to trade at $56.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.35% to 0.7639, while CAD/EUR rose 0.62% to 0.7183.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 100.78.