Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Clean Technology, IT and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.60% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON), which rose 8.71% or 1.5800 points to trade at 19.7300 at the close. NFI Group Inc (TO:NFI) added 7.77% or 2.25 points to end at 31.19 and Descartes Systems Group Inc (TO:DSG) was up 3.49% or 1.35 points to 40.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included New Gold Inc (TO:NGD), which lost 6.57% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.280 in late trade. OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) declined 6.53% or 0.310 points to end at 4.440 and Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) shed 5.60% or 0.21 points to 3.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 575 to 544 and 110 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 0.35% to 16.89 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.92% or 11.95 to $1280.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.30% or 1.72 to hit $53.79 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.42% or 1.48 to trade at $62.66 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.02% to 0.7532, while CAD/EUR rose 0.30% to 0.6627.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.018.