Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Intertain Group (TO:IT), which rose 25.67% or 1.83 points to trade at 8.96 at the close. Meanwhile, HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) added 10.15% or 0.60 points to end at 6.51 and Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN) was up 7.57% or 0.390 points to 5.540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG), which fell 8.10% or 0.59 points to trade at 6.69 at the close. Torex Gold Resources Inc (TO:TXG) declined 7.09% or 1.670 points to end at 21.880 and Kirkland Lake Gold Inc . (TO:KLG) was down 6.68% or 0.62 points to 8.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 683 to 505 and 121 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 5.18% to 17.04.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.70% or 22.15 to $1282.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.00% or 0.88 to hit $44.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 0.70 to trade at $46.28 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.24% to 0.7479, while CAD/EUR rose 1.14% to 0.6772.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.85% at 97.76.