Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Real Estate and REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which rose 6.03% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.99 at the close. Meanwhile, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT) added 4.91% or 3.13 points to end at 66.85 and Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) was up 3.89% or 0.42 points to 11.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BRP Inc (TO:DOO), which fell 6.46% or 3.76 points to trade at 54.48 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) declined 5.91% or 1.150 points to end at 18.300 and Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) was down 5.68% or 10.000 points to 166.070.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 590 to 521 and 119 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.58% to 16.83.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1229.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.98% or 0.67 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.68 to trade at $79.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.7629, while CAD/EUR fell 0.69% to 0.6626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 95.41.
