Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the added 1.04% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc (), which rose 8.94% or 3.01 points to trade at 36.69 at the close. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) added 8.36% or 3.07 points to end at 39.80 and Capstone Mining Corp () was up 7.44% or 0.98 points to 14.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (), which lost 5.24% or 0.67 points to trade at 12.11 in late trade. Baytex Energy Corp () declined 5.20% or 0.37 points to end at 6.75 and Athabasca Oil Corp () shed 5.18% or 0.62 points to 11.34.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 703 to 254 and 72 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.17% to 14.06 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, for August delivery was up 1.07% or 48.70 to $4,605.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, for delivery in July fell 6.51% or 6.29 to hit $90.31 a barrel, while the August fell 6.55% or 6.56 to trade at $93.65 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.21% to 0.62.
The was down 0.27% at 98.92.