Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.31% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TSX:DGC), which rose 10.94% or 2.11 points to trade at 21.39 at the close. Boardwalk REIT (TSX:BEI_u) added 5.80% or 2.60 points to end at 47.44 and HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) was up 4.95% or 0.22 points to 4.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which lost 17.62% or 0.77 points to trade at 3.60 in late trade. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) declined 17.46% or 0.550 points to end at 2.600 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) shed 7.42% or 0.6700 points to 8.3600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 579 to 463 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 up 59.48% to 10.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 5.95 to $1467.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.96% or 1.11 to hit $57.88 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 1.06 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.18% to 0.7560, while CAD/EUR fell 0.07% to 0.6841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 97.857.