Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.27% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CES Energy Solutions Corp (TSX:CEU), which rose 4.49% or 0.35 points to trade at 8.14 at the close. Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY) added 3.34% or 1.08 points to end at 33.37 and MDA Ltd (TSX:MDA) was up 2.79% or 0.42 points to 15.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS), which lost 4.18% or 3.00 points to trade at 68.83 in late trade. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) declined 4.12% or 0.11 points to end at 2.56 and Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH_u) shed 3.76% or 0.20 points to 5.12.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 539 to 379 and 127 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 0.91% to 11.14.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 8.25 to $2,554.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.98% or 2.23 to hit $77.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.48% or 1.94 to trade at $80.09 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.39% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.77.