Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.78% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which rose 10.13% or 0.47 points to trade at 5.11 at the close. Stars Group Inc (TO:TSGI) added 9.37% or 4.00 points to end at 46.68 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) was up 6.70% or 2.030 points to 32.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU), which lost 7.07% or 0.400 points to trade at 5.260 in late trade. Extendicare Inc (TO:EXE) declined 4.09% or 0.32 points to end at 7.50 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) shed 3.70% or 0.830 points to 21.610.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 643 to 455 and 122 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 1.51% to 12.77.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.55% or 7.20 to $1313.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.58% or 0.41 to hit $71.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 1.32 to trade at $78.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.06% to 0.7811, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6544.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.50.