Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Clean Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW), which rose 4.35% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) added 3.24% or 0.070 points to end at 2.230 and Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS) was up 2.78% or 0.34 points to 12.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE), which fell 3.92% or 0.130 points to trade at 3.190 at the close. Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) declined 3.50% or 0.31 points to end at 8.55 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was down 3.04% or 0.18 points to 5.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 612 to 429 and 177 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 9.60% to 9.02.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 4.16 to $1288.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.64% or 0.95 to hit $58.97 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.33 to trade at $63.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7868, while CAD/EUR fell 0.65% to 0.6593.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 92.72.