Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.11% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES), which rose 4.25% or 0.51 points to trade at 12.50 at the close. Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) added 3.95% or 0.09 points to end at 2.37 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) was up 3.66% or 0.31 points to 8.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM), which lost 6.11% or 0.50 points to trade at 7.68 in late trade. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI) declined 4.81% or 0.32 points to end at 6.33 and Calibre Mining Corp (TSX:CXB) shed 4.36% or 0.12 points to 2.63.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 498 to 421 and 111 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 4.69% to 10.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 6.40 to $2,652.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.56% or 0.40 to hit $70.60 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.28 to trade at $73.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.74% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 100.62.