Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX:ENGH), which rose 20.62% or 8.19 points to trade at 47.90 at the close. Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) added 14.94% or 0.130 points to end at 1.000 and Power Financial Corporation (TSX:PWF) was up 9.90% or 3.25 points to 36.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa), which lost 3.54% or 1.12 points to trade at 30.48 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) declined 2.87% or 0.40 points to end at 13.56 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS) shed 2.87% or 1.52 points to 51.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 666 to 386 and 136 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 2.31% to 12.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 7.95 to $1480.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.00% or 0.59 to hit $59.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.70 to trade at $64.90 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7586, while CAD/EUR rose 0.15% to 0.6824.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 97.190.