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 0.31% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS), which rose 9.83% or 7.67 points to trade at 85.68 at the close. Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) added 6.38% or 0.310 points to end at 5.170 and Lucara Diamond Corp (TO:LUC) was up 6.10% or 0.130 points to 2.260 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which lost 12.35% or 0.63 points to trade at 4.47 in late trade. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 12.35% or 4.38 points to end at 31.09 and Raging River Exploration Inc. (TO:RRX) shed 10.03% or 0.63 points to 5.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 596 to 485 and 144 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 2.87% to 12.18.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.50 to $1281.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 0.80 to hit $65.65 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 1.81 to trade at $75.25 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7575, while CAD/EUR fell 0.09% to 0.6520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.44.