Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Mining and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Catamaran Corporation (TO:CCT), which rose 24.72% or 15.04 points to trade at 75.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) added 11.33% or 1.98 points to end at 19.45 and Amaya Gaming Group Inc (TO:AYA) was up 8.28% or 2.31 points to 30.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IAMGold Corporation (TO:IMG), which fell 6.64% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.39 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) declined 6.29% or 0.75 points to end at 11.17 and Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW) was down 4.88% or 0.18 points to 3.51.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 817 to 625 and 188 ended unchanged.
Shares in Catamaran Corporation (TO:CCT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 24.72% or 15.04 to 75.88. Shares in Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW) fell to 3-year lows; losing 4.88% or 0.18 to 3.51.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 13.12% to 15.43.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.27% or 15.30 to $1185.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.59% or 0.29 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.11 to trade at $56.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.63% to 0.7876, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.7278.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.68% at 98.28.