Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Parkland Fuel Corporation (TO:PKI), which rose 15.92% or 4.02 points to trade at 29.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) added 9.71% or 3.59 points to end at 40.55 and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TO:ATDb) was up 7.45% or 4.63 points to 66.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which fell 6.23% or 0.39 points to trade at 5.87 at the close. B2Gold Corp (TO:BTO) declined 4.94% or 0.210 points to end at 4.040 and Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE) was down 4.40% or 0.31 points to 6.74.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 598 to 550 and 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in Parkland Fuel Corporation (TO:PKI) rose to all time highs; rising 15.92% or 4.02 to 29.27. Shares in Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (TO:ATDb) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.45% or 4.63 to 66.78.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 5.76% to 14.14.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.75 to $1342.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.44% or 1.69 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.38% or 1.72 to trade at $49.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.72% to 0.7717, while CAD/EUR fell 0.60% to 0.6820.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.51.