Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.47% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which rose 16.70% or 1.53 points to trade at 10.69 at the close. Air Canada (TO:AC) added 12.68% or 1.050 points to end at 9.330 and Torex Gold Resources Inc . (TO:TXG) was up 11.50% or 0.230 points to 2.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb), which lost 7.35% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.89 in late trade. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 5.45% or 2.41 points to end at 41.83 and Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) shed 5.02% or 1.93 points to 36.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 473 to 369 and 88 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 1.41% to 15.79.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 2.40% or 30.35 to $1296.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.39 to trade at $47.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7974, while CAD/EUR fell 0.76% to 0.6966.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.74% at 93.04.