Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Clean Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.35% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which rose 4.08% or 1.26 points to trade at 32.14 at the close. Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) added 4.06% or 2.19 points to end at 56.18 and ShawCor Ltd . (TO:SCL) was up 3.97% or 1.13 points to 29.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Le Groupe Jean Coutu PJC Inc (TO:PJCa), which lost 3.74% or 0.74 points to trade at 19.05 in late trade. DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) declined 2.98% or 0.22 points to end at 7.17 and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) shed 2.61% or 0.40 points to 14.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 592 to 549 and 143 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 39.32% to 12.33.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.18% or 2.35 to $1329.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.52% or 0.71 to hit $45.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.64 to trade at $46.97 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.23% to 0.7730, while CAD/EUR fell 0.11% to 0.6980.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.56.