Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB), which rose 16.86% or 1.440 points to trade at 9.980 at the close. Meanwhile, New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) added 9.09% or 0.120 points to end at 1.440 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was up 8.22% or 0.29 points to 3.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guyana Goldfields Inc . (TO:GUY), which fell 6.31% or 0.190 points to trade at 2.820 at the close. PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (TO:PSK) declined 3.11% or 0.74 points to end at 23.05 and Norbord Inc (TO:OSB) was down 2.89% or 1.51 points to 50.77.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 546 to 530 and 139 ended unchanged.
Shares in Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TO:GUY) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.31% or 0.190 to 2.820. Shares in PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (TO:PSK) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.11% or 0.74 to 23.05.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 5.93% to 14.12.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.60 to $1205.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.17 to trade at $77.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7673, while CAD/EUR fell 0.48% to 0.6567.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.07.