Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.11% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 16.60% or 0.390 points to trade at 2.740 at the close. Meanwhile, BRP Inc. (TO:DOO) added 9.60% or 2.47 points to end at 28.21 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 4.82% or 0.38 points to 8.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR), which fell 8.76% or 0.190 points to trade at 1.980 at the close. MAG Silver Corp . (TO:MAG) declined 8.64% or 1.45 points to end at 15.34 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) was down 8.13% or 0.99 points to 11.19.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 696 to 494 and 129 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) rose to 3-years highs; rising 16.60% or 0.390 to 2.740. Shares in Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.76% or 0.190 to 1.980. Shares in BRP Inc. (TO:DOO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.60% or 2.47 to 28.21.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 10.56% to 8.64 a new 52-week low.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.99% or 11.65 to $1160.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.14% or 0.58 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.40 to trade at $54.29 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7584, while CAD/EUR rose 0.59% to 0.7185.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 101.65.