Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE), which rose 6.20% or 0.160 points to trade at 2.740 at the close. Meanwhile, Rogers Communications Inc (TO:RCIb) added 5.85% or 3.39 points to end at 61.34 and Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ) was up 4.66% or 0.180 points to 4.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS), which fell 5.00% or 0.67 points to trade at 12.72 at the close. Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) declined 4.20% or 0.140 points to end at 3.190 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) was down 3.64% or 0.400 points to 10.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 612 to 483 and 124 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.33% to 15.39.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.77% or 10.40 to $1338.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $73.81 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.65% to 0.7841, while CAD/EUR fell 0.17% to 0.6381.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.06.
