Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE), which rose 9.13% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) added 7.16% or 0.71 points to end at 10.62 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) was up 5.11% or 0.160 points to 3.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which fell 7.15% or 0.51 points to trade at 6.62 at the close. Raging River Exploration Inc. (TO:RRX) declined 5.87% or 0.44 points to end at 7.06 and Cenovus Energy Inc (TO:CVE) was down 5.73% or 0.77 points to 12.67.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 559 to 526 and 124 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.52% to 12.95.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.70 to $1295.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.44% or 0.95 to hit $64.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 1.48 to trade at $75.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.14% to 0.7730, while CAD/EUR fell 0.15% to 0.6611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.03.
