Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.40%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the REITs, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.40% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD), which rose 7.44% or 0.29 points to trade at 4.19 at the close. Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:CXB) added 7.17% or 0.17 points to end at 2.54 and Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) was up 6.98% or 1.03 points to 15.79 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR), which lost 6.40% or 0.44 points to trade at 6.44 in late trade. Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) declined 3.18% or 0.07 points to end at 2.13 and Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa) shed 2.58% or 1.05 points to 39.57.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 647 to 302 and 92 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 7.66% to 10.12 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.09% or 28.10 to $2,608.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.41% or 0.28 to hit $69.25 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.14 to trade at $72.11 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.05% to 0.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 101.13.