Canadian stocks up at close; The S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.81% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, 0.81% added to hit a new all-time high.

The best performers of the session on the were SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX: ), which rose 9.69% or 1.22 points to trade at 13.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Shopify Inc (TSX: ) added 5.60% or 5.93 points to end at 111.91 and Orla Mining Ltd (TSX: ) was up 5.42% or 0.30 points to trade at 5.83 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX: ), which declined 5.27% or 0.26 points to trade at 4.67 at the close. Interfor Corp (TSX: ) declined 3.49% or 0.72 points to end at 19.90 and Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX: ) declined 2.59% or 0.27 points to end at 10.15.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Toronto Stock Exchange 556 to 363, with 99 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, fell 8.63% to 10.69.

Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.30%, or 8.15, to $2,671.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery rose 1.28%, or 0.94, to $74.65 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.62, to 78.24 dollars per barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR was unchanged 0.36% to 0.67.

US dollar index futures rose 0.48% to 102.24.