Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Clean Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.67% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lightspeed POS Inc (TSX:LSPD), which rose 7.87% or 4.39 points to trade at 60.19 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB) added 6.99% or 0.49 points to end at 7.50 and Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (TSX:AUP) was up 6.96% or 1.22 points to 18.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Real Matters Inc (TSX:REAL), which lost 13.85% or 3.65 points to trade at 22.70 in late trade. Corus Entertainment Inc (TSX:CJRb) declined 2.93% or 0.12 points to end at 4.13 and Brookfield Property Partners LP (TSX:BPY_u) shed 2.78% or 0.59 points to 20.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 642 to 352 and 116 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 0.61% or 11.35 to $1872.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.07% or 0.45 to hit $42.35 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.49% or 0.66 to trade at $44.86 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7644, while CAD/EUR rose 0.12% to 0.6447.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.385.