Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.27% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were SNC-Lavalin Group Inc . (TO:SNC), which rose 6.30% or 2.19 points to trade at 36.95 at the close. Meanwhile, New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) added 6.03% or 0.070 points to end at 1.230 and First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) was up 5.09% or 0.44 points to 9.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cronos Group Inc (TO:CRON), which fell 7.32% or 2.1100 points to trade at 26.7000 at the close. Aphria Inc (TO:APHA) declined 4.36% or 0.580 points to end at 12.730 and Barrick Gold Corporation (TO:ABX) was down 3.09% or 0.53 points to 16.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 612 to 474 and 126 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.01% to 13.73.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.23% or 3.10 to $1329.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.21% or 1.84 to hit $55.42 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $64.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7583, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.305.