Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT , Energy and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX: SHOP ), which rose 14.08% or 18.02 points to trade at 146.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Aritzia Inc (TSX: ATZ ) added 9.45% or 5.58 points to end at 64.61 and TFI International Inc (TSX: TFII ) was up 9.08% or 10.44 points to 125.44 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lundin Gold Inc (TSX: LUG ), which fell 17.55% or 11.90 points to trade at 55.89 at the close. Pan American Silver Corp (TSX: PAAS ) declined 15.86% or 6.01 points to end at 31.89 and Orla Mining Ltd (TSX: OLA ) was down 15.57% or 2.41 points to 13.07.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 640 to 312 and 64 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 11.65% to 13.95 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.10% or 103.53 to $3,240.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.72% or 1.05 to hit $62.07 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.77% or 1.13 to trade at $65.04 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR rose 1.12% to 0.64.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.42% at 101.59.