Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Gran Tierra Energy Inc (TSX:GTE), which rose 9.59% or 0.140 points to trade at 1.600 at the close. Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) added 9.53% or 1.74 points to end at 20.00 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) was up 8.68% or 1.05 points to 13.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centerra Gold Inc (TSX:CG), which lost 5.50% or 0.62 points to trade at 10.65 in late trade. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) declined 5.47% or 0.170 points to end at 2.940 and Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO) shed 5.23% or 0.1500 points to 2.7200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 705 to 374 and 111 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 1.40% to 10.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.05 to $1512.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.64% or 0.36 to hit $56.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.43 to trade at $62.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.7603, while CAD/EUR rose 0.20% to 0.6834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 97.352.