Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD), which rose 17.93% or 0.26 points to trade at 1.71 at the close. Meanwhile, First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) added 8.53% or 0.72 points to end at 9.16 and Hudson's Bay Company (TSX:HBC) was up 7.57% or 0.71 points to 10.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC), which fell 7.98% or 0.260 points to trade at 3.000 at the close. Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) declined 4.76% or 0.030 points to end at 0.600 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) was down 4.27% or 1.590 points to 35.660.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 652 to 429 and 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.98% or 0.260 to 3.000. Shares in Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) fell to all time lows; falling 4.76% or 0.030 to 0.600. Shares in Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.27% or 1.590 to 35.660.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 9.69% to 12.86.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.16% or 17.70 to $1505.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.39% or 1.31 to hit $56.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $59.74 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.02% to 0.7506, while CAD/EUR rose 0.00% to 0.6774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 98.250.