Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI), which rose 6.90% or 10.01 points to trade at 155.11 at the close. Air Canada (TSX:AC) added 6.77% or 1.57 points to end at 24.70 and Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) was up 5.21% or 3.04 points to 61.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE), which lost 3.10% or 0.63 points to trade at 19.67 in late trade. Real Matters Inc (TSX:REAL) declined 2.89% or 0.29 points to end at 9.75 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 2.68% or 0.470 points to 17.080.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 613 to 408 and 109 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.35 to $1758.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.77% or 0.58 to hit $75.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.75 to trade at $79.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.37% to 0.7914, while CAD/EUR rose 0.29% to 0.6826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.065.