Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.61% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APHA), which rose 12.87% or 1.620 points to trade at 14.210 at the close. Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) added 11.94% or 3.2600 points to end at 30.5700 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) was up 8.76% or 0.85 points to 10.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OceanaGold Corporation (TO:OGC), which lost 6.45% or 0.300 points to trade at 4.350 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) declined 5.84% or 1.08 points to end at 17.40 and Norbord Inc (TO:OSB) shed 5.04% or 1.99 points to 37.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 628 to 439 and 123 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 0.88% to 15.83 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.43% or 5.65 to $1316.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.94% or 0.52 to hit $54.74 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $62.61 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.06% to 0.7621, while CAD/EUR rose 0.25% to 0.6665.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.567.