Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the gained 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the were Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:), which rose 4.31% or 0.40 points to trade at 9.67 at the close. Meanwhile, HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:) added 4.17% or 0.44 points to end at 11.00 and Stella-Jones Inc. (TSX:) was up 3.64% or 3.26 points to 92.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Laurentian Bank Of Canada (TSX:), which fell 4.27% or 1.15 points to trade at 25.81 at the close. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:) declined 3.66% or 0.49 points to end at 12.89 and Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:) was down 3.03% or 0.15 points to 4.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 550 to 376 and 106 ended unchanged.
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