Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TO:FM), which rose 6.88% or 1.07 points to trade at 16.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI) added 5.26% or 0.22 points to end at 4.40 and Autocanada Inc (TO:ACQ) was up 5.24% or 1.97 points to 39.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (TO:BIN), which fell 4.68% or 1.70 points to trade at 34.63 at the close. Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (TO:GTE) declined 3.94% or 0.170 points to end at 4.150 and Osisko Gold Ro (TO:OR) was down 3.63% or 0.66 points to 17.52.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 725 to 714 and 192 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.66% to 13.65.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.66% or 8.00 to $1195.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.85% or 0.48 to hit $57.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $63.45 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.06% to 0.8174, while CAD/EUR rose 0.71% to 0.7613.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 98.14.