Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BRP Inc (TSX:DOO), which rose 3.92% or 4.07 points to trade at 107.95 at the close. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TSX:ATDb) added 3.55% or 1.41 points to end at 41.10 and George Weston Limited (TSX:WN) was up 3.34% or 3.63 points to 112.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Westport Fuel Systems Inc (TSX:WPRT), which lost 8.21% or 0.74 points to trade at 8.27 in late trade. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) declined 6.30% or 0.53 points to end at 7.88 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) shed 6.09% or 1.74 points to 26.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 662 to 415 and 108 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.26% or 21.80 to $1710.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.90% or 0.55 to hit $61.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.48 to trade at $64.91 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.06% to 0.7944, while CAD/EUR rose 0.14% to 0.6747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 92.925.