Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET), which rose 4.75% or 0.73 points to trade at 16.09 at the close. Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX:IMO) added 3.85% or 2.44 points to end at 65.82 and Empire Company Ltd (TSX:EMPa) was up 3.66% or 1.30 points to 36.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH_u), which lost 4.54% or 0.29 points to trade at 6.10 in late trade. Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD) declined 1.82% or 0.36 points to end at 19.43 and Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ) shed 1.72% or 0.60 points to 34.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 479 to 474 and 121 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 1.22% to 12.18.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 3.05 to $1,932.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.64% or 0.44 to hit $69.60 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.53 to trade at $74.54 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 0.76, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.20% to 0.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 102.40.