Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P/TSX Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Index, S&P/TSX Capped Communication Services Index and S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML), which rose 4.64% or 0.09 points to trade at 2.03 at the close. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE) added 4.40% or 0.31 points to end at 7.36 and Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE) was up 3.25% or 0.50 points to 15.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which fell 5.80% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.65 in late trade. Lundin Gold Inc (TSX:LUG) declined 3.78% or 2.20 points to end at 55.94 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX:FM) down 3.08% or 0.59 points to 18.58.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 525 to 334 and 108 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 3.97% to 21.78.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.89% or 62.26 to $3,360.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.78% or 1.12 to hit $61.90 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.76% or 1.16 to trade at $64.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.21% to 0.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 98.68.