Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Klondex Mines Ltd. (TO:KDX), which rose 7.99% or 0.330 points to trade at 4.460 at the close. Meanwhile, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) added 6.54% or 0.270 points to end at 4.400 and First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) was up 5.60% or 0.52 points to 9.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TO:RBA), which fell 7.18% or 2.690 points to trade at 34.770 at the close. Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG) declined 4.36% or 0.66 points to end at 14.47 and Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) was down 2.87% or 0.19 points to 6.43.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 608 to 472 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TO:RBA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.18% or 2.690 to 34.770. Shares in Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.87% or 0.19 to 6.43.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.72% to 14.30.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.33% or 4.01 to $1213.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.22 to hit $44.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.21 to trade at $46.92 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7758, while CAD/EUR fell 0.10% to 0.6805.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.81.