Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Onex Corp (TSX:ONEX), which rose 6.53% or 7.26 points to trade at 118.38 at the close. South Bow Corp (TSX:SOBO) added 5.51% or 1.81 points to end at 34.67 and Primo Water Corp (TSX:PRMW) was up 5.33% or 1.79 points to 35.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K), which lost 9.62% or 1.40 points to trade at 13.15 in late trade. Aya Gold & Silver Inc (TSX:AYA) declined 9.47% or 1.62 points to end at 15.49 and Seabridge Gold Inc . (TSX:SEA) shed 9.21% or 2.15 points to 21.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 492 to 416 and 90 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 3.89% to 11.12.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.44% or 65.75 to $2,629.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.14% or 2.21 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.60% or 1.92 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.42% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 105.41.