Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P/TSX Canadian Energy, S&P/TSX Canadian Mining and S&P/TSX Canadian Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 1.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lightstream Resources Ltd (TO:LTS), which rose 25.00% or 0.19 points to trade at 0.95 at the close. Canadian Oil Sands Limited (TO:COS) added 20.38% or 1.60 points to end at 9.45 and Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TO:PRE) was up 19.66% or 0.58 points to 3.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included China Gold International Resources (TO:CGG), which lost 5.53% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.05 in late trade. Boardwalk REIT (TO:BEI_u) declined 3.80% or 2.33 points to end at 59.00 and Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) shed 3.72% or 1.18 points to 30.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 817 to 610 and 184 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 7.07% to 18.93.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.27% or 3.50 to $1275.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 3.15% or 1.52 to hit $49.76 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 3.65% or 1.94 to trade at $54.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.22% to 0.7952, while CAD/EUR rose 0.76% to 0.7014.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 94.80.