Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Whitecap Resources Inc . (TO:WCP), which rose 7.90% or 0.64 points to trade at 8.74 at the close. Cenovus Energy Inc (TO:CVE) added 7.76% or 0.95 points to end at 13.19 and NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) was up 6.42% or 0.570 points to 9.450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB), which lost 9.29% or 1.45 points to trade at 14.16 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) declined 8.96% or 4.280 points to end at 43.500 and Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) shed 7.40% or 6.12 points to 76.61.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 700 to 400 and 130 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 5.16% to 11.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.20 to $1271.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 5.83% or 3.82 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.68% or 2.69 to trade at $75.74 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.33% to 0.7533, while CAD/EUR fell 0.19% to 0.6459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 94.19.