Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.72% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which rose 6.74% or 0.43 points to trade at 6.81 at the close. Linamar Corporation (TO:LNR) added 6.18% or 2.82 points to end at 48.43 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) was up 5.03% or 0.100 points to 2.090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD), which lost 4.20% or 0.28 points to trade at 6.38 in late trade. ShawCor Ltd . (TO:SCL) declined 3.16% or 1.00 points to end at 30.60 and NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA) shed 2.60% or 0.170 points to 6.370.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 766 to 418 and 124 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 5.69% to 13.26.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.16% or 2.15 to $1356.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.96% or 0.89 to hit $44.52 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.68 to trade at $46.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.61% to 0.7622, while CAD/EUR fell 0.69% to 0.6892.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 96.60.