Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.35% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:CUF_u), which rose 12.07% or 1.25 points to trade at 11.61 at the close. Osisko Mining Corp (TSX:OSK) added 6.81% or 0.17 points to end at 2.75 and Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC) was up 6.51% or 2.02 points to 33.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rogers Communications Inc (TSX:RCIb), which lost 5.70% or 3.42 points to trade at 56.60 in late trade. Restaurant Brands Intl (TSX:QSR) declined 5.08% or 3.89 points to end at 72.70 and Real Matters Inc (TSX:REAL) shed 3.27% or 0.32 points to 9.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 616 to 417 and 109 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 December delivery was up 0.62% or 11.15 to $1807.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.27% or 0.23 to hit $83.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.33 to trade at $84.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.8070, while CAD/EUR rose 0.15% to 0.6952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.835.