Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Healthcare and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.61% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb), which rose 12.84% or 1.40 points to trade at 12.30 at the close. HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) added 9.62% or 0.41 points to end at 4.67 and Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG) was up 7.47% or 0.31 points to 4.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CI Financial Corp (TO:CIX), which lost 4.68% or 1.36 points to trade at 27.68 in late trade. Detour Gold Corporation (TO:DGC) declined 3.88% or 1.00 points to end at 24.78 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) shed 3.09% or 0.05 points to 1.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 765 to 586 and 326 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 11.37% to 14.35 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1233.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.72% or 0.30 to hit $41.41 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $43.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.14% to 0.7814, while CAD/EUR fell 0.13% to 0.6906.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.46.