Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR), which rose 11.50% or 7.48 points to trade at 72.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Enghouse Systems Ltd (TO:ENGH) added 5.76% or 3.16 points to end at 58.00 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 4.58% or 0.75 points to 17.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which fell 5.43% or 0.27 points to trade at 4.70 at the close. Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) declined 5.11% or 0.17 points to end at 3.16 and Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) was down 5.09% or 0.260 points to 4.850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 631 to 504 and 140 ended unchanged.
Shares in Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.11% or 0.17 to 3.16. Shares in Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TO:AAV) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.09% or 0.260 to 4.850.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.66% to 10.79.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1258.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.53% or 0.30 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $63.26 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.69% to 0.7762, while CAD/EUR fell 0.41% to 0.6604.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.94.