Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML), which rose 6.06% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.80 at the close. Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (TSX:BDGI) added 4.92% or 2.06 points to end at 43.94 and Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) was up 4.78% or 0.21 points to 4.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL), which lost 6.46% or 1.53 points to trade at 22.17 in late trade. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) declined 2.81% or 0.21 points to end at 7.27 and IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) shed 2.58% or 0.09 points to 3.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 588 to 327 and 118 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 19.87% to 12.67 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 7.40 to $2,059.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.61 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.24 to trade at $78.05 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.16% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 102.32.