Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.07% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG), which rose 11.69% or 0.52 points to trade at 4.97 at the close. Gran Tierra Energy Inc (TO:GTE) added 7.62% or 0.240 points to end at 3.390 and BRP Inc (TO:DOO) was up 6.73% or 2.58 points to 40.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON), which lost 5.30% or 1.3100 points to trade at 23.4000 in late trade. Western Forest Products Inc (TO:WEF) declined 4.48% or 0.090 points to end at 1.920 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) shed 3.13% or 0.490 points to 15.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 545 to 524 and 127 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 2.02% to 12.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.46% or 5.90 to $1301.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.19% or 1.38 to hit $64.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.07 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7509, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6663.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.657.