India, March 7 -- Canadian stocks fluctuated over the course of the trading session on Friday before eventually ending the day mostly higher.
The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index swung back and forth across the unchanged line but closed up 174.72 points or 0.7 percent at 24,758.76.
The higher close on Bay Street partly reflected strength among energy stocks, with the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index surging by 2.5 percent amid a notable increase by the price of crude oil.
Telecom, utilities and consumer discretionary stocks also turned in strong performances on the day, moving higher along with most of the other major sectors.
The choppy trading seen earlier in the session came as traders digested monthly employment data from both sides of ...