Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Pengrowth Energy Corporation (TO:PGF), which rose 7.87% or 0.27 points to trade at 3.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW) added 6.58% or 0.24 points to end at 3.89 and Surge Energy Inc. (TO:SGY) was up 6.47% or 0.180 points to 2.960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Painted Pony P (TO:PPY), which fell 5.19% or 0.33 points to trade at 6.03 at the close. Genworth MI Canada Inc. (TO:MIC) declined 3.79% or 1.19 points to end at 30.21 and Badger Daylighting Ltd. (TO:BAD) was down 3.40% or 0.92 points to 26.14.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 753 to 688 and 186 ended unchanged.
Shares in Painted Pony P (TO:PPY) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.19% or 0.33 to 6.03.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 0.92% to 15.09.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.47% or 5.60 to $1190.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in May rose 1.64% or 0.77 to hit $47.34 a barrel, while the May Brent Oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.50 to trade at $55.82 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.36% to 0.7994, while CAD/EUR fell 0.86% to 0.7299.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 97.20.