Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which rose 6.71% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.59 at the close. ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) added 6.30% or 0.080 points to end at 1.350 and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI) was up 6.19% or 0.34 points to 5.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TO:KL), which lost 4.80% or 0.860 points to trade at 17.060 in late trade. New Gold Inc . (TO:NGD) declined 4.51% or 0.180 points to end at 3.810 and DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) shed 3.73% or 0.15 points to 3.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 602 to 550 and 138 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 1.26% to 11.22.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.36% or 4.50 to $1243.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.10% or 0.63 to hit $57.99 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.27 to trade at $64.67 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.7778, while CAD/EUR fell 0.03% to 0.6607.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.92.