Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, IT and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TO:BIR), which rose 5.41% or 0.20 points to trade at 3.90 at the close. Meanwhile, BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) added 5.06% or 0.81 points to end at 16.83 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 4.61% or 0.80 points to 18.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD), which fell 5.98% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.10 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 5.52% or 0.530 points to end at 9.070 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TO:PVG) was down 5.40% or 0.49 points to 8.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 591 to 551 and 113 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.98% or 0.07 to 1.10.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.52% to 13.71.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.60 to $1353.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.38 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.34 to trade at $69.47 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.30% to 0.7777, while CAD/EUR fell 0.49% to 0.6246.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.