Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG), which rose 12.52% or 0.640 points to trade at 5.750 at the close. Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) added 11.90% or 1.22 points to end at 11.47 and Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) was up 10.68% or 0.330 points to 3.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amaya Inc (TO:AYA), which lost 3.97% or 0.83 points to trade at 20.06 in late trade. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 3.02% or 0.18 points to end at 5.78 and Avigilon Corp (TO:AVO) shed 2.87% or 0.26 points to 8.81.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 600 to 535 and 162 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 down 2.66% to 15.71.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.75 to $1330.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.31% or 0.14 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.12 to trade at $48.13 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7664, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6823.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 95.16.