Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Telecoms and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which rose 7.14% or 3.84 points to trade at 57.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 4.25% or 5.70 points to end at 139.95 and Nutrien Ltd (TSX:NTR) was up 3.65% or 2.38 points to 67.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL), which fell 7.51% or 1.05 points to trade at 12.93 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB) declined 3.09% or 0.17 points to end at 5.34 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) was down 2.52% or 0.74 points to 28.62.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 636 to 265 and 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.14% or 3.84 to 57.60.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 7.67% to 11.32.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.70% or 18.66 to $2,650.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.23% or 0.90 to hit $74.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.62 to trade at $76.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.69, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.67% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 108.78.
