Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which rose 7.85% or 0.45 points to trade at 6.18 at the close. Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb) added 7.13% or 0.33 points to end at 4.96 and Enbridge Inc. (TO:ENB) was up 7.06% or 3.10 points to 47.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which lost 5.28% or 2.140 points to trade at 38.420 in late trade. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 4.33% or 0.110 points to end at 2.430 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) shed 3.42% or 0.420 points to 11.870.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.35% to 13.57.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.94% or 11.80 to $1242.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.42% or 1.92 to trade at $77.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7581, while CAD/EUR fell 0.05% to 0.6512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.60.