Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG), which rose 12.52% or 0.640 points to trade at 5.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) added 11.90% or 1.22 points to end at 11.47 and Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) was up 10.68% or 0.330 points to 3.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amaya Inc (TO:AYA), which fell 3.97% or 0.83 points to trade at 20.06 at the close. Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) declined 3.02% or 0.18 points to end at 5.78 and Avigilon Corp (TO:AVO) was down 2.87% or 0.26 points to 8.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 600 to 535 and 162 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.66% to 15.71.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.65 to $1330.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.33% or 0.15 to hit $46.03 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.12 to trade at $48.13 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7664, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6823.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 95.16.