Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Teck Resources Ltd B (TSX:TECKb), which rose 7.81% or 4.72 points to trade at 65.15 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 5.36% or 0.17 points to end at 3.34 and Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP) was up 4.82% or 2.99 points to 64.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NovaGold Resources Inc (TSX:NG), which lost 5.52% or 0.46 points to trade at 7.87 in late trade. Pan American Silver Corp (TSX:PAAS) declined 4.56% or 1.14 points to end at 23.86 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) shed 4.50% or 0.34 points to 7.22.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 510 to 477 and 100 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 0.22% to 13.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.41% or 8.35 to $2,007.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.73% or 1.43 to hit $81.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.65% or 1.42 to trade at $84.89 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.48% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 101.79.