Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.44% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.44% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shaw Communications Inc Class B (TSX:SJRb), which rose 40.92% or 9.78 points to trade at 33.68 at the close. Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA) added 11.79% or 2.940 points to end at 27.880 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) was up 7.35% or 1.58 points to 23.09 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TSX:TRIL), which lost 6.96% or 1.04 points to trade at 13.90 in late trade. Seven Generations Energy Ltd (TSX:VII) declined 5.41% or 0.50 points to end at 8.75 and ARC Resources Ltd . (TSX:ARX) shed 5.41% or 0.46 points to 8.04.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 657 to 449 and 79 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 April delivery was up 0.48% or 8.20 to $1728.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.59% or 0.39 to hit $65.22 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.49 to trade at $68.73 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.8012, while CAD/EUR rose 0.19% to 0.6720.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 91.870.