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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 1.06%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pembina Pipeline Corp (TSX: PPL ), which rose 7.10% or 3.73 points to trade at 56.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Interfor Corp (TSX: IFP ) added 5.48% or 0.89 points to end at 17.14 and Northland Power Inc . (TSX: NPI ) was up 5.19% or 0.98 points to 19.87 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were CGI Inc (TSX: GIBa ), which fell 5.85% or 9.32 points to trade at 149.97 at the close. Winpak Ltd. (TSX: WPK ) declined 5.77% or 2.49 points to end at 40.64 and Jamieson Wellness Inc (TSX: JWEL ) was down 5.46% or 1.71 points to 29.62.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 544 to 377 and 91 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 13.00% to 12.85 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.98% or 28.49 to $2,867.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $70.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.44 to trade at $73.13 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 0.69, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.05% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 107.50.