Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the REITs, Real Estate and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TSX:GOOS), which rose 5.52% or 0.85 points to trade at 16.25 at the close. Mullen Group Ltd . (TSX:MTL) added 4.22% or 0.61 points to end at 15.06 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD) was up 3.94% or 2.95 points to 77.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb), which lost 6.62% or 3.44 points to trade at 48.52 in late trade. Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) declined 4.98% or 1.02 points to end at 19.46 and Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) shed 4.26% or 0.52 points to 11.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 516 to 450 and 101 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 1.96% to 12.02.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.36% or 7.35 to $2,021.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.80% or 1.32 to hit $74.57 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.57% or 1.23 to trade at $79.79 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.31% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.14.