Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.60%

Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and IT sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Perpetua Resources Corp (TSX:PPTA), which rose 17.69% or 4.16 points to trade at 27.67 at the close. Meanwhile, 5N Plus Inc. (TSX:VNP) added 8.29% or 2.54 points to end at 33.19 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 7.76% or 0.23 points to 3.13 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Trisura Group Ltd (TSX:TSU), which fell 29.33% or 12.38 points to trade at 29.83 at the close. Parex Resources Inc (TSX:PXT) declined 17.40% or 4.13 points to end at 19.61 and NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI) was down 8.49% or 2.21 points to 23.83.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 583 to 345 and 83 ended unchanged.

Shares in Trisura Group Ltd (TSX:TSU) fell to 3-years lows; losing 29.33% or 12.38 to 29.83.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.63% to 17.31.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.99% or 40.63 to $4,072.87 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.29% or 0.26 to hit $90.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.07 to trade at $98.22 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.83% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.11% to 0.64.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.76% at 102.19.