Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, REITs and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which rose 16.75% or 0.98 points to trade at 6.83 at the close. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) added 8.67% or 0.260 points to end at 3.260 and Bonavista Energy Corp (TO:BNP) was up 6.93% or 0.210 points to 3.240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which lost 2.91% or 0.260 points to trade at 8.690 in late trade. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 2.77% or 0.38 points to end at 13.36 and Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) shed 2.77% or 0.87 points to 30.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 667 to 467 and 145 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 0.25% to 12.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.37 to $1227.27 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.58% or 0.27 to hit $46.49 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.32 to trade at $49.42 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.38% to 0.7299, while CAD/EUR rose 0.33% to 0.6682.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 99.00.