Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, IT and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Silvercorp Metals Inc (TSX:SVM), which rose 22.67% or 1.87 points to trade at 10.12 at the close. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) added 22.15% or 5.11 points to end at 28.18 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) was up 19.36% or 3.08 points to 18.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (TSX:AUP), which lost 3.71% or 0.79 points to trade at 20.53 in late trade. GENIVAR Inc . (TSX:WSP) declined 1.35% or 1.61 points to end at 117.49 and Boralex Inc (TSX:BLX) shed 0.98% or 0.49 points to 49.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 775 to 248 and 97 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 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.76% or 14.05 to $1864.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.51% or 1.31 to hit $53.51 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.47% or 1.36 to trade at $56.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.7795, while CAD/EUR rose 0.18% to 0.6456.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 90.927.