OTTAWA: Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Energy sectors led shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.37%. The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which rose 33.74% or 1.92 points to trade at 7.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Cascades Inc . (TO:CAS) added 5.82% or 0.82 points to end at 14.92 and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) was up 4.18% or 0.69 points to 17.21 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI), which fell 16.10% or 1.65 points to trade at 8.60 at the close. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 7.56% or 0.170 points to end at 2.080 and Novagold Resources Inc . (TO:NG) was down 7.44% or 0.41 points to 5.10. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 610 to 487 and 125 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 60.83% to 4.63 a new 6-months low. Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.45% or 19.53 to $1331.67 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.16% or 0.55 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $53.77 a barrel. CAD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.8249, while CAD/EUR rose 0.99% to 0.6903. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 91.94.
