Canadian shares rise at close of business; S&P/TSX Composite rises 0.74%

Investing.com – Canada stocks closed higher on Friday as sector gains led indexes higher.

At the close in Toronto, the was up 0.74%.

The biggest winners of the session in the were celestic Inc. (TSX:), which rose 1.63 points, or 10.27%, to trade at 17.50 at the close. oil from africa Corp (TSX:) added 5.40% or 0.15 points to finish at 2.93 and Capstone Mining Corporation (TSX:) rose 4.45%, or 0.23 points, to 5.40 in recent trading.

The biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:), which lost 0.65 points or 20.44% to trade at 2.53 at the end of trading. Canadian Western Bank (TSX:) declined 5.86% or 1.43 points to end at 22.99 and Pet Value Holdings Ltd (TSX:) lost 1.19 points or 3.57% to 32.10.

Stocks that rose outnumbered those that fell by 520 to 451 and 106 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX compound options, was down 10.28% at 14.49.

In commodities trading, Gold futures for June delivery rose 2.85, or 0.15%, to $1,946.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, crude oil for July delivery rose 0.96 or 1.34% to hit $72.79 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.77 or 1.01% to trade. at $77.03 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.19% at 0.73, while CAD/EUR was unchanged 0.18% at 0.68.

US dollar index futures were down 0.04% at 104.14.