Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TO:GC), which rose 3.64% or 0.64 points to trade at 18.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Intertain Group (TO:IT) added 3.63% or 0.35 points to end at 10.00 and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT) was up 3.37% or 1.60 points to 49.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which fell 7.62% or 3.14 points to trade at 38.07 at the close. Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG) declined 7.03% or 0.31 points to end at 4.10 and Surge Energy Inc . (TO:SGY) was down 5.78% or 0.130 points to 2.120.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 602 to 599 and 314 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 7.21% to 19.34.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1221.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.02 to hit $39.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.15 to trade at $40.88 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.64% to 0.7584, while CAD/EUR rose 0.37% to 0.6773.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.98.