Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index, S&P/TSX Capped Financial Index and S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Discretionary Index sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.05% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BRP Inc (TSX:DOO), which rose 6.91% or 4.70 points to trade at 72.75 at the close. TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) added 6.47% or 1.16 points to end at 19.10 and SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM) was up 5.50% or 0.47 points to 9.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG), which fell 11.78% or 3.76 points to trade at 28.15 in late trade. Canadian Western Bank (TSX:CWB) declined 5.38% or 3.16 points to end at 55.59 and Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TSX:TVE) down 4.31% or 0.20 points to 4.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 527 to 433 and 85 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Shares in TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 6.47% or 1.16 to 19.10.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.20% to 9.12 a new 3-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.20% or 5.21 to $2,653.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.67% or 1.14 to hit $67.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 1.03 to trade at $71.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.90% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.70% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 105.96.