Investing.com – Canada stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Clean Technology , Telecoms and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.36%.

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Tilray Inc (TSX: TLRY ), which fell 5.80% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.65 at the close. Lundin Gold Inc (TSX: LUG ) declined 3.78% or 2.20 points to end at 55.94 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TSX: FM ) was down 3.08% or 0.59 points to 18.58.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 525 to 334 and 108 ended unchanged.

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 1.88% or 62.16 to $3,360.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.82% or 1.15 to hit $61.87 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 1.20 to trade at $64.60 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 0.59% at 98.67.