Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR), which rose 9.97% or 3.50 points to trade at 38.61 at the close. Performance Sports Group Ltd (TO:PSG) added 9.56% or 0.41 points to end at 4.70 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 8.50% or 2.97 points to 37.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD), which lost 6.88% or 1.69 points to trade at 22.88 in late trade. Autocanada Inc (TO:ACQ) declined 5.56% or 1.00 points to end at 17.00 and Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS) shed 4.82% or 0.67 points to 13.22.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 707 to 568 and 331 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.20% to 18.64.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.79% or 9.90 to $1244.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.26% or 0.52 to hit $41.66 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.42 to trade at $41.62 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.61% to 0.7642, while CAD/EUR fell 0.31% to 0.6798.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 95.38.