Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.07%

Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.07%

Jan 21, 2019

Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Materials and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APHA), which rose 11.59% or 1.030 points to trade at 9.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TO:TRQ) added 4.63% or 0.100 points to end at 2.260 and Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) was up 4.36% or 0.8600 points to 20.5900 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG), which fell 4.94% or 0.23 points to trade at 4.43 at the close. Pan American Silver Corp (TO:PAAS) declined 3.62% or 0.68 points to end at 18.13 and BRP Inc (TO:DOO) was down 3.56% or 1.44 points to 39.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 592 to 465 and 119 ended unchanged.

Shares in Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON) rose to all time highs; rising 4.36% or 0.8600 to 20.5900.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.85% to 17.54.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.23% or 3.00 to $1279.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $54.22 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.11 to trade at $62.81 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.34% to 0.7521, while CAD/EUR fell 0.34% to 0.6614.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 95.990.

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