Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Staples and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.39% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Nevsun Resources Ltd . (TO:NSU), which rose 12.98% or 0.340 points to trade at 2.960 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) added 9.76% or 0.29 points to end at 3.26 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) was up 7.67% or 0.23 points to 3.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS), which lost 9.74% or 1.49 points to trade at 13.80 in late trade. Spin Master Corp (TO:TOY) declined 7.22% or 3.71 points to end at 47.65 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) shed 7.09% or 0.190 points to 2.490.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 628 to 470 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 5.44% to 11.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.41% or 5.26 to $1274.86 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.55% or 1.34 to hit $53.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 1.11 to trade at $60.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.15% to 0.7797, while CAD/EUR rose 0.58% to 0.6719.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 94.75.