Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.35%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy , Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.35% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: CUF_u ), which rose 12.07% or 1.25 points to trade at 11.61 at the close. Osisko Mining Corp (TSX: OSK ) added 6.81% or 0.17 points to end at 2.75 and Lithium Americas Corp (TSX: LAC ) was up 6.51% or 2.02 points to 33.03 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Rogers Communications Inc (TSX: RCIb ), which lost 5.70% or 3.42 points to trade at 56.60 in late trade. Restaurant Brands Intl (TSX: QSR ) declined 5.08% or 3.89 points to end at 72.70 and Real Matters Inc (TSX: REAL ) shed 3.27% or 0.32 points to 9.46.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 616 to 417 and 109 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 11.15 to $1807.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.27% or 0.23 to hit $83.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.33 to trade at $84.97 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.8070, while CAD/EUR rose 0.15% to 0.6952.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.835.