Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TO:APH), which rose 20.42% or 3.680 points to trade at 21.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 12.83% or 4.150 points to end at 36.500 and Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) was up 8.37% or 0.22 points to 2.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TO:CHE_u), which fell 4.71% or 0.88 points to trade at 17.82 at the close. Cineplex Inc . (TO:CGX) declined 3.93% or 1.33 points to end at 32.50 and Enghouse Systems Ltd (TO:ENGH) was down 2.89% or 1.78 points to 59.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 632 to 500 and 132 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cineplex Inc. (TO:CGX) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.93% or 1.33 to 32.50.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.28% to 12.17 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.42% or 5.60 to $1340.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.79% or 0.51 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.36 to trade at $70.23 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.35% to 0.8048, while CAD/EUR fell 0.24% to 0.6560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 90.13.