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Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.26%

Published 07/26/2019, 05:25 PM
Updated 07/26/2019, 05:26 PM
© Reuters.  Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.26%

© Reuters. Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.26%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, IT and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CannTrust Holdings Inc (TSX:TRST), which rose 16.67% or 0.4300 points to trade at 3.0100 at the close. Meanwhile, Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE) added 9.59% or 1.89 points to end at 21.59 and Winpak Ltd. (TSX:WPK) was up 5.35% or 2.38 points to 46.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA), which fell 6.10% or 0.470 points to trade at 7.240 at the close. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) declined 5.76% or 0.63 points to end at 10.30 and Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TSX:PEY) was down 4.33% or 0.17 points to 3.76.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 565 to 458 and 130 ended unchanged.

Shares in Aecon Group Inc. (TSX:ARE) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.59% or 1.89 to 21.59. Shares in Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TSX:PEY) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.33% or 0.17 to 3.76.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.24% to 10.34.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.28% or 3.90 to $1418.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $56.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $63.30 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7595, while CAD/EUR rose 0.17% to 0.6825.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 97.725.

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