Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Energy and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which rose 13.36% or 0.74 points to trade at 6.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI) added 8.35% or 0.36 points to end at 4.67 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 7.88% or 0.49 points to 6.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which fell 6.08% or 2.84 points to trade at 43.86 at the close. Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) declined 5.50% or 0.75 points to end at 12.89 and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT) was down 5.22% or 2.49 points to 45.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 806 to 476 and 341 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 6.14% to 17.90 a new 3-months low.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.50 to $1242.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 6.12% or 2.28 to hit $39.54 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 5.93% or 2.34 to trade at $41.77 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.17% to 0.7695, while CAD/EUR rose 0.96% to 0.6750.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 94.23.