Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI), which rose 15.15% or 5.66 points to trade at 43.02 at the close. Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) added 6.95% or 0.77 points to end at 11.85 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) was up 6.86% or 0.28 points to 4.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which lost 6.85% or 0.590 points to trade at 8.020 in late trade. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) declined 6.20% or 1.860 points to end at 28.150 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) shed 5.97% or 0.41 points to 6.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 594 to 513 and 127 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 0.58% to 15.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.91% or 12.20 to $1326.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.51 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.91 to trade at $74.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.63% to 0.7783, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 90.70.