Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.78% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 5.90% or 0.160 points to trade at 2.870 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 5.10% or 0.500 points to end at 10.310 and MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) was up 4.05% or 0.29 points to 7.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dorel Industries Inc (TO:DIIb), which lost 7.30% or 1.97 points to trade at 25.03 in late trade. NovaGold Resources Inc (TO:NG) declined 4.81% or 0.31 points to end at 6.13 and Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) shed 4.55% or 0.23 points to 4.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 674 to 406 and 141 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 0.44% to 13.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1314.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $69.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.65 to trade at $75.52 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.31% to 0.7759, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6507.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 92.61.