Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.31% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS), which rose 9.83% or 7.67 points to trade at 85.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) added 6.38% or 0.310 points to end at 5.170 and Lucara Diamond Corp (TO:LUC) was up 6.10% or 0.130 points to 2.260 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which fell 12.35% or 0.63 points to trade at 4.47 at the close. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) declined 12.35% or 4.38 points to end at 31.09 and Raging River Exploration Inc. (TO:RRX) was down 10.03% or 0.63 points to 5.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 596 to 485 and 144 ended unchanged.
Shares in Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS) rose to all time highs; rising 9.83% or 7.67 to 85.68. Shares in Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) rose to 3-years highs; rising 6.38% or 0.310 to 5.170.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.87% to 12.18.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.60 to $1281.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 0.80 to hit $65.65 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 1.81 to trade at $75.25 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7575, while CAD/EUR fell 0.09% to 0.6520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.44.