Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare , Consumer Discretionary and REITs sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.29% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TSX: MEG ), which rose 18.73% or 3.99 points to trade at 25.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Tilray Inc (TSX: TLRY ) added 9.68% or 0.06 points to end at 0.68 and Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX: ATH ) was up 8.96% or 0.44 points to 5.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were South Bow Corp (TSX: SOBO ), which fell 4.15% or 1.50 points to trade at 34.65 at the close. Ero Copper Corp (TSX: ERO ) declined 3.83% or 0.73 points to end at 18.31 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX: CS ) was down 3.37% or 0.23 points to 6.60.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 551 to 335 and 97 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 27.37% to 14.10.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.83% or 26.75 to $3,199.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.20% or 0.74 to hit $62.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.72 to trade at $65.25 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.26% to 0.64.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 100.94.