Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX), which rose 5.40% or 2.42 points to trade at 47.27 at the close. Boyd Group Income Fund (TSX:BYD) added 5.17% or 7.04 points to end at 143.27 and Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) was up 5.14% or 1.28 points to 26.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 11.57% or 0.56 points to trade at 4.28 in late trade. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) declined 10.29% or 1.12 points to end at 9.76 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 9.06% or 0.29 points to 2.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 514 to 487 and 110 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 9.60% to 22.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.11% or 1.80 to $1,704.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.97% or 1.89 to hit $97.67 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.04% or 2.02 to trade at $101.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.76% to 0.77, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.13% to 0.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 107.88.