Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MAG Silver Corp (TSX:MAG), which rose 10.00% or 2.07 points to trade at 22.77 at the close. OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) added 9.54% or 0.250 points to end at 2.870 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) was up 9.40% or 1.88 points to 21.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TSX:CPG), which lost 3.80% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.77 in late trade. Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX:ENGH) declined 3.74% or 2.68 points to end at 68.93 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) shed 3.67% or 0.11 points to 2.89.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 648 to 404 and 105 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.98% or 19.15 to $1967.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.08% or 0.03 to hit $37.30 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.19 to trade at $39.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7588, while CAD/EUR fell 0.04% to 0.6397.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 93.078.