Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials , Consumer Staples and Energy sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 2.49%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Seabridge Gold Inc . (TSX: SEA ), which rose 11.36% or 1.77 points to trade at 17.35 at the close. Meanwhile, NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX: NG ) added 10.83% or 0.38 points to end at 3.89 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX: TXG ) was up 10.81% or 4.28 points to 43.88 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tilray Inc (TSX: TLRY ), which fell 2.86% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.68 at the close. Power Corporation Of Canada (TSX: POW ) declined 2.70% or 1.32 points to end at 47.48 and Quebecor Inc Class B (TSX: QBRb ) was down 1.77% or 0.62 points to 34.42.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 742 to 189 and 69 ended unchanged.

Shares in Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX: TXG ) rose to all time highs; up 10.81% or 4.28 to 43.88.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 14.59% to 32.78.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 2.39% or 75.86 to $3,253.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.36% or 1.42 to hit $61.49 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.12% or 1.34 to trade at $64.67 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.70% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.69% to 0.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.98% at 99.63.