Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Clean Technology, IT and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which rose 7.26% or 0.50 points to trade at 7.39 at the close. Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS) added 5.73% or 0.26 points to end at 4.80 and Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) was up 5.52% or 0.09 points to 1.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 8.08% or 0.32 points to trade at 3.64 in late trade. BELLUS Health Inc. (TSX:BLU) declined 7.16% or 0.78 points to end at 10.11 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) shed 5.26% or 0.45 points to 8.11.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 679 to 366 and 63 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 0.99% to 17.32.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 6.10 to $1,875.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.44% or 1.06 to hit $74.83 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 1.15 to trade at $79.72 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.39% to 0.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 102.94.