Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE), which rose 7.36% or 0.170 points to trade at 2.480 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APH) added 6.93% or 0.790 points to end at 12.190 and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF) was up 6.31% or 1.34 points to 22.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enerflex Ltd . (TO:EFX), which lost 6.86% or 1.14 points to trade at 15.48 in late trade. Raging River Exploration Inc. (TO:RRX) declined 6.24% or 0.41 points to end at 6.16 and ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TO:PLI) shed 5.00% or 0.040 points to 0.760.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 549 to 535 and 141 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 5.67% to 14.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.20 to $1349.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.56% or 1.05 to hit $66.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 1.05 to trade at $71.53 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.38% to 0.7957, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.6426.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 89.13.