Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS), which rose 4.31% or 0.40 points to trade at 9.67 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM) added 4.17% or 0.44 points to end at 11.00 and Stella-Jones Inc. (TSX:SJ) was up 3.64% or 3.26 points to 92.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:LB), which lost 4.27% or 1.15 points to trade at 25.81 in late trade. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) declined 3.66% or 0.49 points to end at 12.89 and Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE) shed 3.03% or 0.15 points to 4.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 550 to 376 and 106 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 4.59% to 10.40 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.97% or 24.85 to $2,535.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.07% or 2.33 to hit $73.58 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.40% or 1.89 to trade at $76.93 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.21% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 101.64.