Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 7.44% or 1.89 points to trade at 27.28 at the close. Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR) added 6.68% or 0.26 points to end at 4.15 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) was up 6.35% or 1.230 points to 20.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD), which lost 3.22% or 0.90 points to trade at 27.01 in late trade. Inter Pipeline Ltd (TO:IPL) declined 2.21% or 0.60 points to end at 26.60 and North West Company Inc (TO:NWC) shed 1.67% or 0.52 points to 30.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 713 to 434 and 151 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 1.30% to 10.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.56% or 7.10 to $1264.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $57.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.38 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7770, while CAD/EUR fell 0.30% to 0.6594.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.24.