Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.35% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.35%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE), which rose 28.86% or 4.93 points to trade at 22.01 at the close. Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE) added 11.95% or 2.21 points to end at 20.70 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) was up 4.94% or 0.40 points to 8.49 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Magna International Inc (TSX:MG), which lost 4.77% or 5.10 points to trade at 101.91 in late trade. Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC) declined 4.66% or 0.80 points to end at 16.36 and Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY) shed 4.47% or 2.20 points to 47.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 487 to 483 and 109 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.16% or 2.85 to $1802.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $72.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.24 to trade at $74.03 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.02% to 0.7955, while CAD/EUR fell 0.04% to 0.6756.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.903.