Canada stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 1.84%

Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Clean Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.84% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hammond Power Solutions Inc (TSX:HPSa), which rose 10.55% or 19.83 points to trade at 207.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) added 9.79% or 0.92 points to end at 10.32 and Silvercorp Metals Inc (TSX:SVM) was up 9.14% or 1.15 points to 13.73 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Curaleaf Holdings Inc (TSX:CURA), which fell 4.16% or 0.55 points to trade at 12.68 at the close. Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU) declined 3.81% or 134.23 points to end at 3,392.29 and Thomson Reuters Corp (TSX:TRI) was down 3.57% or 5.67 points to 153.18.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 687 to 285 and 64 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 6.49% to 16.42.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.92% or 78.19 to $4,153.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.30% or 3.91 to hit $86.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.77% or 5.67 to trade at $92.65 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.65% to 0.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 101.56.