Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN), which rose 7.85% or 0.45 points to trade at 6.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Corus Entertainment Inc (TO:CJRb) added 7.13% or 0.33 points to end at 4.96 and Enbridge Inc. (TO:ENB) was up 7.06% or 3.10 points to 47.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which fell 5.28% or 2.140 points to trade at 38.420 at the close. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 4.33% or 0.110 points to end at 2.430 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) was down 3.42% or 0.420 points to 11.870.
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 3.35% to 13.57.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.93% or 11.70 to $1242.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.42% or 1.92 to trade at $77.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7581, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6514.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.62.
