Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Capstone Mining Corp. (TO:CS), which rose 9.09% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.440 at the close. Meanwhile, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) added 7.53% or 1.03 points to end at 14.70 and Just Energy Group Inc. (TO:JE) was up 7.18% or 0.44 points to 6.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pason Systems Inc. (TO:PSI), which fell 5.34% or 1.17 points to trade at 20.75 at the close. Primero Mining Corp (TO:P) declined 5.16% or 0.230 points to end at 4.230 and Ensign Energy Services Inc. (TO:ESI) was down 4.23% or 0.44 points to 9.97.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 713 to 693 and 208 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.86% to 13.12.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.35% or 16.10 to $1178.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.97% or 0.56 to hit $57.18 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.45 to trade at $65.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.26% to 0.8213, while CAD/EUR fell 0.59% to 0.7562.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 97.15.