Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which rose 6.17% or 0.56 points to trade at 9.63 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) added 6.17% or 0.140 points to end at 2.410 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 5.76% or 0.85 points to 15.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lucara Diamond Corp (TO:LUC), which lost 6.59% or 0.220 points to trade at 3.120 in late trade. Intertain Group (TO:IT) declined 5.62% or 0.53 points to end at 8.90 and Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TO:ZZZ) shed 3.22% or 0.92 points to 27.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 605 to 538 and 159 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 3.55% to 11.41.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.46% or 5.45 to $1172.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.22% or 0.63 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.20 to trade at $54.26 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7531, while CAD/EUR fell 0.75% to 0.7001.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.59% at 100.16.