Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.46% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Martinrea International Inc . (TSX:MRE), which rose 4.62% or 0.54 points to trade at 12.22 at the close. Interfor Corp (TSX:IFP) added 4.57% or 0.71 points to end at 16.26 and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TSX:WFT) was up 4.07% or 2.35 points to 60.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TSX:KL), which lost 17.21% or 10.900 points to trade at 52.420 in late trade. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) declined 6.42% or 0.23 points to end at 3.35 and Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa) shed 3.03% or 0.44 points to 14.09.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 639 to 418 and 130 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 up 9.40% to 10.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.61% or 8.95 to $1461.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.36% or 0.21 to hit $57.98 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.26 to trade at $62.63 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7515, while CAD/EUR rose 0.10% to 0.6826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 98.240.