Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P/TSX Capped Health Care Index, S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Discretionary Index and S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.29% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG), which rose 18.73% or 3.99 points to trade at 25.29 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 9.68% or 0.06 points to end at 0.68 and Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) was up 8.96% or 0.44 points to 5.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included South Bow Corp (TSX:SOBO), which fell 4.15% or 1.50 points to trade at 34.65 in late trade. Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) declined 3.83% or 0.73 points to end at 18.31 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) down 3.37% or 0.23 points to 6.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 551 to 335 and 97 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 27.37% to 14.10.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.85% or 27.39 to $3,199.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.20% or 0.74 to hit $62.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.73 to trade at $65.26 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.26% to 0.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 100.95.