Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Mining and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.15% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which rose 7.45% or 3.52 points to trade at 50.74 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 5.64% or 0.46 points to end at 8.61 and SSR Mining Inc (TO:SSRM) was up 4.29% or 0.57 points to 13.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU), which lost 9.73% or 0.610 points to trade at 5.660 in late trade. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 8.35% or 1.160 points to end at 12.740 and Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI) shed 6.26% or 2.85 points to 42.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 560 to 530 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 0.40% to 12.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.22% or 2.90 to $1319.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.11% or 0.79 to hit $70.57 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.43 to trade at $77.04 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7820, while CAD/EUR fell 0.32% to 0.6548.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.41.