Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TSX:TVE), which rose 5.73% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.61 at the close. Headwater Exploration Inc (TSX:HWX) added 4.32% or 0.29 points to end at 7.01 and TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII) was up 4.20% or 5.34 points to 132.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NFI Group Inc (TSX:NFI), which lost 18.60% or 2.16 points to trade at 9.45 in late trade. First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) declined 8.27% or 2.21 points to end at 24.51 and OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) shed 7.37% or 0.16 points to 2.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 576 to 422 and 99 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 9.33% to 22.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 2.50 to $1,653.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.26% or 0.22 to hit $84.83 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.11 to trade at $91.45 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.46% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.55% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 111.93.