Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.12% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which rose 9.72% or 0.700 points to trade at 7.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 8.72% or 2.890 points to end at 36.030 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) was up 3.90% or 0.500 points to 13.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (TO:LIF), which fell 3.07% or 0.67 points to trade at 21.15 at the close. Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) declined 2.51% or 0.15 points to end at 5.82 and Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW) was down 2.31% or 0.080 points to 3.380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.07% to 11.97 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1292.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.67% or 1.19 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.93 to trade at $79.44 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.72% to 0.7818, while CAD/EUR rose 0.59% to 0.6632.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.45.
