Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE), which rose 12.04% or 1.91 points to trade at 17.77 at the close. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) added 8.37% or 0.87 points to end at 11.26 and Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TSX:SSL) was up 7.10% or 0.82 points to 12.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG), which lost 4.79% or 0.18 points to trade at 3.58 in late trade. Maple Leaf Foods Inc . (TSX:MFI) declined 4.70% or 1.44 points to end at 29.18 and Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (TSX:AUP) shed 3.91% or 0.88 points to 21.63.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 574 to 430 and 121 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.75% or 13.10 to $1766.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.23% or 0.89 to hit $40.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 0.95 to trade at $43.14 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.58% to 0.7395, while CAD/EUR fell 0.05% to 0.6567.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 97.005.