Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, IT and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Winpak Ltd. (TO:WPK), which rose 11.53% or 5.21 points to trade at 50.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) added 8.78% or 1.17 points to end at 14.49 and Klondex Mines Ltd (TO:KDX) was up 7.18% or 0.130 points to 1.940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR), which fell 13.44% or 10.05 points to trade at 64.71 at the close. Altus Group Limited (TO:AIF) declined 6.94% or 2.370 points to end at 31.780 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) was down 4.70% or 0.550 points to 11.160.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 660 to 426 and 144 ended unchanged.
Shares in Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.78% or 1.17 to 14.49.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.49% to 15.50.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1331.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.21% or 0.76 to hit $63.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.36% or 0.90 to trade at $67.29 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.46% to 0.7907, while CAD/EUR rose 0.74% to 0.6430.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 89.81.