Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the REITs, Real Estate and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Summit Industrial Income REIT (TSX:SMU_u), which rose 25.49% or 4.57 points to trade at 22.50 at the close. SilverCrest Metals Inc (TSX:SIL) added 12.43% or 0.90 points to end at 8.14 and Uni-Select Inc. (TSX:UNS) was up 8.67% or 3.28 points to 41.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TSX:RBA), which lost 17.74% or 14.91 points to trade at 69.16 in late trade. Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) declined 10.12% or 0.42 points to end at 3.73 and Telus International Cda Inc (TSX:TIXT) shed 8.34% or 2.49 points to 27.36.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 555 to 445 and 103 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 1.22% to 24.09.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.25 to $1,677.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.71% or 0.66 to hit $91.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.52 to trade at $98.05 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR fell 0.70% to 0.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 110.04.