Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.43% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which rose 12.91% or 3.245 points to trade at 28.375 at the close. Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) added 7.65% or 0.8000 points to end at 11.2600 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) was up 7.01% or 0.33 points to 5.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altus Group Limited (TSX:AIF), which lost 7.20% or 2.650 points to trade at 34.160 in late trade. Semafo Inc . (TSX:SMF) declined 4.82% or 0.16 points to end at 3.16 and Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TSX:VII) shed 4.16% or 0.36 points to 8.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 525 to 516 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 2.09% to 10.31 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.80 to $1459.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.24 to hit $57.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.32 to trade at $62.61 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.7562, while CAD/EUR fell 0.07% to 0.6862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 98.218.