Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Curaleaf Holdings Inc (TSX:CURA), which rose 9.45% or 0.26 points to trade at 3.01 at the close. Meanwhile, TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII) added 6.46% or 7.35 points to end at 121.19 and Magna International Inc (TSX:MG) was up 5.64% or 3.63 points to 68.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skeena Resources Ltd (TSX:SKE), which fell 4.69% or 1.22 points to trade at 24.77 at the close. Northland Power Inc . (TSX:NPI) declined 3.62% or 0.64 points to end at 17.02 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) was down 3.19% or 3.69 points to 111.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 569 to 332 and 77 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.10% to 17.96.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.14 to $4,059.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.75% or 1.03 to hit $57.97 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.44% or 0.91 to trade at $62.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.10% to 0.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 100.08.
