Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were CannTrust Holdings Inc (TSX:TRST), which rose 19.16% or 0.6400 points to trade at 3.9800 at the close. Meanwhile, Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TSX:PEY) added 6.23% or 0.25 points to end at 4.26 and NuVista Energy Ltd . (TSX:NVA) was up 6.13% or 0.160 points to 2.770 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa), which fell 8.49% or 1.24 points to trade at 13.36 at the close. Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) declined 7.81% or 1.13 points to end at 13.33 and NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) was down 7.79% or 0.180 points to 2.130.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 540 to 516 and 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in Transcontinental Inc (TSX:TCLa) fell to 5-year lows; losing 8.49% or 1.24 to 13.36.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.55% to 10.82.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.26% or 3.70 to $1415.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.44% or 0.87 to hit $59.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $66.19 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7664, while CAD/EUR rose 0.03% to 0.6807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.567.