Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.17% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which rose 5.43% or 0.79 points to trade at 15.34 at the close. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) added 4.72% or 0.53 points to end at 11.75 and Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) was up 4.48% or 3.01 points to 70.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which lost 5.96% or 1.77 points to trade at 27.94 in late trade. DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) declined 5.44% or 0.36 points to end at 6.26 and Gibson Energy Inc . (TO:GEI) shed 3.35% or 0.64 points to 18.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 625 to 521 and 144 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 66.78% to 3.97 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.73% or 9.05 to $1226.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.78% or 0.96 to hit $52.90 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.11 to trade at $55.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7650, while CAD/EUR rose 0.49% to 0.7218.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 100.99.