Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.70% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u), which rose 3.95% or 1.22 points to trade at 32.10 at the close. TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII) added 3.65% or 6.74 points to end at 191.47 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) was up 3.39% or 0.60 points to 18.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which lost 5.64% or 2.82 points to trade at 47.20 in late trade. Toronto Dominion Bank (TSX:TD) declined 4.01% or 3.28 points to end at 78.48 and Alimentation Couche Tard Inc (TSX:ATD) shed 3.38% or 2.53 points to 72.27.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 632 to 301 and 107 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 1.54% to 10.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.25% or 33.05 to $2,672.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $75.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.26 to trade at $79.14 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.33% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 102.71.