Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the rose 0.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Park Lawn Corp (TSX:), which rose 4.67% or 0.75 points to trade at 16.80 at the close. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:) added 4.31% or 0.39 points to end at 9.44 and Tilray Inc (TSX:) was up 4.18% or 0.10 points to 2.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:), which lost 2.91% or 0.22 points to trade at 7.33 in late trade. Dundee Precious Metals Inc (TSX:) declined 2.73% or 0.27 points to end at 9.61 and Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX:) shed 2.68% or 0.08 points to 2.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 590 to 375 and 120 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.63% to 12.76 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 4.50 to $1,982.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.91% or 2.85 to hit $75.75 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 3.98% or 3.08 to trade at $80.50 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.24% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 103.72.
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