Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 11.82% or 2.68 points to trade at 25.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 6.41% or 1.170 points to end at 19.420 and Lucara Diamond Corp (TO:LUC) was up 5.53% or 0.130 points to 2.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS), which fell 3.03% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.44 at the close. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) declined 2.24% or 0.23 points to end at 10.02 and TransAlta Corp (TO:TA) was down 2.01% or 0.16 points to 7.82.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 752 to 384 and 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) rose to 52-week highs; rising 11.82% or 2.68 to 25.36.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.21% to 11.08.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.10 to $1250.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.15% or 0.65 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.14 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7773, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6606.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.87.