Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR), which rose 10.21% or 1.21 points to trade at 13.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) added 9.63% or 1.58 points to end at 17.99 and Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAA) was up 7.74% or 1.71 points to 23.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA), which fell 3.74% or 1.930 points to trade at 49.610 at the close. PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (TO:PSK) declined 3.69% or 1.25 points to end at 32.61 and DH Corp (TO:DH) was down 3.01% or 0.57 points to 18.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 611 to 517 and 163 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 7.95% to 11.81.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.68% or 7.90 to $1177.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.06% or 0.54 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.43 to trade at $54.37 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.7530, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.7057.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 100.74.