Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.44% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON), which rose 22.89% or 1.52 points to trade at 8.16 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 15.27% or 2.03 points to end at 15.32 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) was up 10.23% or 2.26 points to 24.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS), which lost 5.73% or 0.660 points to trade at 10.850 in late trade. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TSX:RBA) declined 4.94% or 4.58 points to end at 88.09 and Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:BDGI) shed 3.72% or 1.33 points to 34.39.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 591 to 428 and 118 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 unchanged 0% to 17.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 10.85 to $1827.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.66% or 0.54 to hit $81.81 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.64 to trade at $83.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.8033, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 94.052.