Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.17% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cameco Corp (TO:CCO), which rose 5.43% or 0.79 points to trade at 15.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) added 4.72% or 0.53 points to end at 11.75 and Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) was up 4.48% or 3.01 points to 70.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG), which fell 5.96% or 1.77 points to trade at 27.94 at the close. DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) declined 5.44% or 0.36 points to end at 6.26 and Gibson Energy Inc . (TO:GEI) was down 3.35% or 0.64 points to 18.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 625 to 521 and 144 ended unchanged.
Shares in Restaurant Brands Intl (TO:QSR) rose to all time highs; rising 4.48% or 3.01 to 70.22.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 66.78% to 3.97 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.73% or 9.05 to $1226.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.78% or 0.96 to hit $52.90 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.11 to trade at $55.59 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7650, while CAD/EUR rose 0.49% to 0.7218.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.98.