Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.42%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary , Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.42%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO: LIF ), which rose 8.95% or 1.76 points to trade at 21.43 at the close. Semafo Inc . (TO: SMF ) added 7.03% or 0.23 points to end at 3.42 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO: IVN ) was up 5.68% or 0.230 points to 4.280 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO: GUY ), which lost 6.56% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.990 in late trade. Pretium Resources Inc. (TO: PVG ) declined 5.49% or 0.58 points to end at 9.98 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO: K ) shed 5.27% or 0.31 points to 5.57.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 601 to 480 and 139 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 16.15% to 12.73.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.03% or 13.59 to $1311.61 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $50.33 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $55.45 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.87% to 0.8132, while CAD/EUR fell 0.89% to 0.6802.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 91.81.