Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.57% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which rose 14.82% or 6.15 points to trade at 47.66 at the close. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) added 7.10% or 0.24 points to end at 3.62 and Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL) was up 6.67% or 1.75 points to 27.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSX:RCH), which lost 2.26% or 0.91 points to trade at 39.32 in late trade. Osisko Mining Corp (TSX:OSK) declined 2.05% or 0.07 points to end at 3.35 and Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) shed 1.85% or 0.19 points to 10.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 611 to 308 and 121 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 9.02% to 7.97.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 5.05 to $2,416.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.36% or 0.30 to hit $82.32 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.29 to trade at $85.11 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.39% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 103.78.