Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.01%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms , Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.01% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO ), which rose 8.13% or 4.53 points to trade at 60.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR ) added 7.45% or 0.50 points to end at 7.21 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML ) was up 6.05% or 0.13 points to 2.28 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP ), which fell 5.00% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.28 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY ) declined 4.53% or 0.11 points to end at 2.32 and Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI ) was down 4.32% or 0.08 points to 1.77.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 461 to 454 and 106 ended unchanged.

Shares in Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.32% or 0.08 to 1.77.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.85% to 10.23.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.14% or 29.80 to $2,644.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $71.21 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.21 to trade at $74.67 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.03% to 0.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.50.

Source: Investing.com