Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.25% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which rose 7.95% or 0.940 points to trade at 12.760 at the close. Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) added 5.15% or 6.320 points to end at 129.030 and IGM Financial Inc . (TO:IGM) was up 4.33% or 1.89 points to 45.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX), which lost 7.73% or 0.340 points to trade at 4.060 in late trade. Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) declined 3.57% or 0.160 points to end at 4.320 and Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc . (TO:ENF) shed 3.17% or 0.99 points to 30.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 669 to 427 and 142 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 16.87% to 10.89.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.44 to $1283.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.80% or 0.41 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.62 to trade at $57.85 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 1.09% to 0.7922, while CAD/EUR fell 0.47% to 0.6726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.