Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.71%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Utilities and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.71%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MDA Ltd (TSX:MDA), which rose 17.73% or 4.04 points to trade at 26.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 7.65% or 8.94 points to end at 125.78 and Fortuna Mining Corp (TSX:FVI) was up 6.65% or 0.44 points to 7.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which fell 7.25% or 4.55 points to trade at 58.20 at the close. Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) declined 4.88% or 0.47 points to end at 9.17 and Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:BDGI) was down 4.14% or 1.70 points to 39.35.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 586 to 307 and 106 ended unchanged.

Shares in Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.88% or 0.47 to 9.17.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.06% to 14.72.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 7.36 to $2,919.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.07% or 0.71 to hit $67.07 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.90 to trade at $70.36 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.53% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR fell 1.07% to 0.64.

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The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.81.

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