Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the REITs, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TSX:ZZZ), which rose 27.09% or 7.39 points to trade at 34.67 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 6.88% or 0.17 points to end at 2.64 and Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH_u) was up 5.31% or 0.26 points to 5.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN), which lost 3.00% or 0.57 points to trade at 18.42 in late trade. Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN) declined 2.78% or 0.40 points to end at 13.99 and Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS) shed 2.58% or 0.24 points to 9.06.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 677 to 266 and 85 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 0.37% to 10.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.80 to $2,399.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.33% or 0.26 to hit $78.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.24 to trade at $82.39 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.28% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.05.