Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Utilities and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canadian Energy Services&Technology (TO:CEU), which rose 18.72% or 1.05 points to trade at 6.66 at the close. Canexus Corporation (TO:CUS) added 11.31% or 0.19 points to end at 1.87 and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) was up 11.13% or 1.69 points to 16.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR), which lost 3.87% or 3.30 points to trade at 81.95 in late trade. Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW) declined 3.63% or 0.15 points to end at 3.98 and Major Drilling Group International (TO:MDI) shed 2.80% or 0.20 points to 6.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 826 to 632 and 159 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 13.26% to 13.15.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1224.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $59.85 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.21 to trade at $66.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.31% to 0.8320, while CAD/EUR fell 0.57% to 0.7271.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 93.32.