Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which rose 15.89% or 0.855 points to trade at 6.235 at the close. Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) added 13.72% or 0.97 points to end at 8.04 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) was up 11.99% or 3.000 points to 28.020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sprott Inc . (TSX:SII), which lost 3.36% or 1.34 points to trade at 38.50 in late trade. Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX:ENGH) declined 3.10% or 2.05 points to end at 64.06 and Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (TSX:AUP) shed 3.02% or 0.63 points to 20.22.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 604 to 375 and 113 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 15.15 to $1895.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.93% or 1.05 to hit $36.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.93% or 1.11 to trade at $39.05 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.65% to 0.7555, while CAD/EUR rose 0.88% to 0.6496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.162.