Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Kirkland Lake Gold Inc . (TO:KLG), which rose 13.28% or 1.09 points to trade at 9.30 at the close. Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) added 5.56% or 3.45 points to end at 65.54 and Endeavour Mining Corp (TO:EDV) was up 5.52% or 1.370 points to 26.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 12.02% or 3.27 points to trade at 23.94 in late trade. Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) declined 4.94% or 0.22 points to end at 4.23 and Encana Corporation (TO:ECA) shed 4.62% or 0.62 points to 12.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 621 to 521 and 135 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 7.70% to 16.37 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.95 to $1278.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.05% or 1.97 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.26% or 2.16 to trade at $48.52 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.25% to 0.7451, while CAD/EUR fell 0.12% to 0.6786.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 98.34.