Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Materials and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APHA), which rose 11.59% or 1.030 points to trade at 9.920 at the close. Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ) added 4.63% or 0.100 points to end at 2.260 and Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) was up 4.36% or 0.8600 points to 20.5900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG), which lost 4.94% or 0.23 points to trade at 4.43 in late trade. Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAAS) declined 3.62% or 0.68 points to end at 18.13 and BRP Inc (TO:DOO) shed 3.56% or 1.44 points to 39.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 592 to 465 and 119 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 up 3.85% to 17.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.23% or 3.00 to $1279.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $54.22 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.11 to trade at $62.81 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.34% to 0.7521, while CAD/EUR fell 0.38% to 0.6612.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 95.990.