Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT), which rose 26.87% or 0.18 points to trade at 0.85 at the close. Meanwhile, First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) added 14.29% or 0.59 points to end at 4.72 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was up 12.16% or 1.24 points to 11.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Canada (TO:NA), which fell 5.26% or 2.27 points to trade at 40.89 at the close. Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) declined 3.21% or 1.92 points to end at 57.88 and Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp (TO:PRE) was down 3.10% or 0.09 points to 2.81.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 782 to 535 and 181 ended unchanged.
Shares in National Bank of Canada (TO:NA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.26% or 2.27 to 40.89.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.78% to 22.89.
Gold for December delivery was up 2.12% or 23.60 to $1137.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.99% or 0.89 to hit $45.63 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.52 to trade at $48.20 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.84% to 0.7600, while CAD/EUR rose 0.62% to 0.6776.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 96.04.