Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Parkland Fuel Corporation (TO:PKI), which rose 15.92% or 4.02 points to trade at 29.27 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) added 9.71% or 3.59 points to end at 40.55 and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TO:ATDb) was up 7.45% or 4.63 points to 66.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which lost 6.23% or 0.39 points to trade at 5.87 in late trade. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) declined 4.94% or 0.210 points to end at 4.040 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) shed 4.40% or 0.31 points to 6.74.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 598 to 550 and 133 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 5.76% to 14.14.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.55 to $1342.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.44% or 1.69 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.38% or 1.72 to trade at $49.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.66% to 0.7722, while CAD/EUR fell 0.60% to 0.6820.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.50.