Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.01%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.01% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO), which rose 8.13% or 4.53 points to trade at 60.23 at the close. Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) added 7.45% or 0.50 points to end at 7.21 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 6.05% or 0.13 points to 2.28 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which lost 5.00% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.28 in late trade. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) declined 4.53% or 0.11 points to end at 2.32 and Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI) shed 4.32% or 0.08 points to 1.77.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 461 to 454 and 106 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 down 3.85% to 10.23.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.13% or 29.55 to $2,644.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $71.21 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.21 to trade at $74.67 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.03% to 0.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 100.50.