Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, REITs and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI), which rose 9.81% or 2.09 points to trade at 23.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Empire Company Ltd (TO:EMPa) added 6.15% or 1.39 points to end at 24.00 and Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS) was up 4.20% or 0.66 points to 16.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC), which fell 5.48% or 0.210 points to trade at 3.620 at the close. Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) declined 5.20% or 0.21 points to end at 3.83 and Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) was down 4.68% or 3.61 points to 73.47.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 544 to 530 and 144 ended unchanged.
Shares in Empire Company Ltd (TO:EMPa) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.15% or 1.39 to 24.00.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 16.22% to 10.95.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.47 to $1325.83 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $55.52 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.8205, while CAD/EUR fell 0.45% to 0.6866.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 91.82.