OTTAWA: Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, IT and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.51%. The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC), which rose 13.49% or 2.05 points to trade at 17.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd . (TO:AEM) added 10.52% or 6.21 points to end at 65.25 and Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) was up 8.95% or 0.41 points to 4.99 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which fell 8.33% or 1.19 points to trade at 13.09 at the close. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) declined 4.53% or 0.140 points to end at 2.950 and Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa) was down 4.20% or 0.98 points to 22.34.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 672 to 445 and 137 ended unchanged. The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.40% to 12.65. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.60 to $1269.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.45% or 0.22 to hit $49.19 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.06 to trade at $51.88 a barrel. CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7331, while CAD/EUR fell 0.27% to 0.6728. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 98.88.
