Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which rose 10.75% or 0.40 points to trade at 4.12 at the close. SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) added 10.17% or 0.76 points to end at 8.23 and New Gold Inc (TSX:NGD) was up 9.85% or 0.20 points to 2.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which lost 10.25% or 0.46 points to trade at 4.03 in late trade. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) declined 5.39% or 3.35 points to end at 58.86 and Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TSX:PEY) shed 4.25% or 0.63 points to 14.21.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 508 to 455 and 101 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 3.75% to 11.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.13% or 2.85 to $2,188.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $78.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.34 to trade at $82.42 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.22% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 102.45.