Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.27% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Seabridge Gold Inc . (TSX:SEA), which rose 5.79% or 1.37 points to trade at 25.02 at the close. SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) added 5.56% or 0.64 points to end at 12.16 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) was up 5.29% or 1.25 points to 24.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSX:RCH), which lost 2.39% or 0.95 points to trade at 38.82 in late trade. ARC Resources Ltd . (TSX:ARX) declined 2.21% or 0.57 points to end at 25.22 and Alimentation Couche Tard Inc (TSX:ATD) shed 2.15% or 1.80 points to 81.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 544 to 376 and 105 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 0.77% to 11.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 5.05 to $2,542.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.30% or 1.74 to hit $73.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.38% or 1.90 to trade at $77.78 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.11% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 101.73.