Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.21% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN), which rose 8.13% or 0.555 points to trade at 7.385 at the close. Osisko Gold Ro (TO:OR) added 4.00% or 0.59 points to end at 15.34 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) was up 3.32% or 0.630 points to 19.630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aphria Inc (TO:APHA), which lost 14.17% or 1.900 points to trade at 11.510 in late trade. Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) declined 6.57% or 1.4900 points to end at 21.1800 and Ero Copper Corp (TO:ERO) shed 5.35% or 0.90 points to 15.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 576 to 479 and 133 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 0.74% to 10.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.35 to $1290.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $63.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.29 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7480, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6613.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.537.