The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.5% to close at 30,604 on Monday as investors pushed up the odds of a US Federal Reserve rate cut in December after Fed official John Williams said rates could fall in the near term ahead of key US retail sales and producer prices data this week. Growing expectations of easier policy favoured rate sensitive names and helped lift the market with technology and large miners leading the advance, Celestica rocketing 15% while Shopify added 5.2% and Constellation Software rose 2.8%. Barrick Mining jumped 8.5% after Mali’s government reached a verbal agreement in principle to resolve the Loulo Gounkoto dispute and that news also buoyed peers Agnico Eagle and Wheaton Precious Metals, which climbed 4.1% and 3.6%, respectively. Energy majors lagged as Canadian Natural Resources fell 1.3% on reports that a potential Ukraine peace deal could ease sanctions on Russian exports and weigh on prices for major producers.