Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR), which rose 10.21% or 1.21 points to trade at 13.06 at the close. Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) added 9.63% or 1.58 points to end at 17.99 and Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAA) was up 7.74% or 1.71 points to 23.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA), which lost 3.74% or 1.930 points to trade at 49.610 in late trade. PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (TO:PSK) declined 3.69% or 1.25 points to end at 32.61 and DH Corp (TO:DH) shed 3.01% or 0.57 points to 18.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 611 to 517 and 163 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 7.95% to 11.81.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.68% or 7.95 to $1177.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.06% or 0.54 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.43 to trade at $54.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.7530, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.7056.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 100.73.