Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.83%

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Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, IT and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.83% to hit a new 52-week high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Enerflex Ltd . (TO:EFX), which rose 12.36% or 1.39 points to trade at 12.64 at the close. Meanwhile,Concordia Healthcare Corp (TO:CXR) added 10.16% or 1.99 points to end at 21.58 andCott Corporation (TO:BCB) was up 5.94% or 1.23 points to 21.93 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which fell 18.21% or 4.08 points to trade at 18.33 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC) declined 6.11% or 0.290 points to end at 4.460 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) was down 5.73% or 1.380 points to 22.710.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 763 to 400 and 121 ended unchanged.

Shares in Cott Corporation (TO:BCB) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.94% or 1.23 to 21.93.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.48% to 13.58.

Gold for December delivery was down 1.81% or 24.80 to $1342.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.12% or 0.05 to hit $41.98 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.12 to trade at $44.41 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 1.12% to 0.7593, while CAD/EUR fell 0.77% to 0.6849.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 96.19.

Source by Investing.com