Investing.com – Canadian stocks were higher after Friday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed stocks higher.
At the close in Toronto, the price rose 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:), which rose 23.13% or 0.99 points to trade at 5.27 at the close. In the meantime, First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:) added 8.04% or 1.40 points to close at 18.81 and Tilray Inc (TSX:) rose 6.59% or 0.11 points to 1.78 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Aya Gold & Silver Inc (TSX:), which fell 3.73% or 0.42 points to close at 10.84. TFI International Inc (TSX:) fell 2.72% or 5.57 points to close at 198.94 and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:) fell 2.18% or 0.17 points to 7.63.
Rising stocks outpaced falling stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 629 to 295, with 94 ending unchanged.
Shares in BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:) rose to a 52-week high; gain from 23.13% or 0.99 to 5.27.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, fell 6.27% to 11.66.
February gold futures rose 1.25%, or 32.69, to $2,640.79 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for January delivery fell 1.57%, or 1.11, to $69.47 per barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.04%, or 0.03, to $72.91 per barrel. barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR was unchanged 0.42% to 0.67.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.53% to 107.57.
