Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:), which rose 12.50% or 2.03 points to trade at 18.27 at the close. Ero Copper Corp (TSX:) added 8.14% or 2.12 points to end at 28.18 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:) was up 6.96% or 0.67 points to 10.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transcontinental Inc (TSX:), which lost 4.17% or 0.61 points to trade at 14.01 in late trade. TransAlta Corp (TSX:) declined 2.79% or 0.26 points to end at 9.06 and Spin Master Corp (TSX:) shed 2.64% or 0.82 points to 30.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 655 to 298 and 97 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.00% to 13.67.
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