Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Telecoms and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which rose 7.14% or 3.84 points to trade at 57.60 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 4.25% or 5.70 points to end at 139.95 and Nutrien Ltd (TSX:NTR) was up 3.65% or 2.38 points to 67.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL), which lost 7.51% or 1.05 points to trade at 12.93 in late trade. BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB) declined 3.09% or 0.17 points to end at 5.34 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) shed 2.52% or 0.74 points to 28.62.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 636 to 265 and 105 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 7.67% to 11.32.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.70% or 18.65 to $2,650.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.20% or 0.88 to hit $74.01 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.63 to trade at $76.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.69, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.67% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 108.78.