Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the rose 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the were Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TSX:), which rose 6.99% or 0.26 points to trade at 3.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Interfor Corp (TSX:) added 6.63% or 0.80 points to end at 12.86 and CannTrust Holdings Inc (TSX:) was up 5.68% or 0.1500 points to 2.7900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semafo Inc . (TSX:), which fell 6.23% or 0.32 points to trade at 4.82 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:) declined 4.96% or 0.170 points to end at 3.260 and MAG Silver Corp (TSX:) was down 4.82% or 0.78 points to 15.41.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 601 to 465 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.96% or 0.170 to 3.260.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 11.50% to 14.24.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 7.40 to $1523.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.83% or 0.45 to hit $54.92 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.46 to trade at $58.69 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.31% to 0.7535, while CAD/EUR rose 0.47% to 0.6794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 98.062.
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