Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.12% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which rose 9.72% or 0.700 points to trade at 7.900 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 8.72% or 2.890 points to end at 36.030 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) was up 3.90% or 0.500 points to 13.320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF), which lost 3.07% or 0.67 points to trade at 21.15 in late trade. Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) declined 2.51% or 0.15 points to end at 5.82 and Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) shed 2.31% or 0.080 points to 3.380.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.07% to 11.97 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1292.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.67% or 1.19 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.93 to trade at $79.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.72% to 0.7818, while CAD/EUR rose 0.59% to 0.6632.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.45.