Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp (TO:CEU), which rose 6.97% or 0.280 points to trade at 4.300 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) added 6.31% or 2.04 points to end at 34.36 and Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) was up 5.99% or 1.48 points to 26.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Concordia Healthcare Corp (TO:CXR), which lost 6.02% or 0.78 points to trade at 12.17 in late trade. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) declined 4.68% or 0.210 points to end at 4.280 and First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) shed 3.79% or 0.89 points to 22.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 720 to 429 and 134 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 22.16% to 13.67.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1344.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.81% or 1.25 to hit $45.74 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.92% or 1.37 to trade at $48.34 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7740, while CAD/EUR rose 0.10% to 0.6921.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.59.