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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.01% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HR_u ), which rose 17.22% or 1.83 points to trade at 12.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Allied Properties REIT (TSX: AP_u ) added 3.81% or 0.66 points to end at 17.97 and Boardwalk REIT (TSX: BEI_u ) was up 2.72% or 1.88 points to 70.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ngex Minerals Ltd (TSX: NGEX ), which fell 4.36% or 0.70 points to trade at 15.35 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX: IVN ) declined 1.51% or 0.16 points to end at 10.42 and TransAlta Corp (TSX: TA ) was down 1.49% or 0.22 points to 14.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 511 to 320 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HR_u ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 17.22% or 1.83 to 12.46.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 10.94% to 9.53.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.11% or 3.60 to $3,346.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.76% or 0.51 to hit $66.49 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.29 to trade at $68.51 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.33% to 0.62.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 96.65.