Toronto stocks got a lift Monday from Eastman Kodak’s US$980 million takeover offer for printing technology firm Creo. The S&P/TSX composite index gained 62.27 points, or 0.68%, to finish the day at 9,204.05.

Toronto’s key index finished the month 0.45% lower.

All of the 10 main groups finished higher, with technology shares making the biggest gain at 2.69%.

Shares in Creo were among the most actively traded on the index, gaining $2.18, or 12.19%, to $20.07 after Kodak’s all-cash takeover bid.

Other tech shares got a boost from the news. Nortel Network gained 18¢, or 4.64%, to $4.06.

The industrials index gained 1.58%, with shares Bombardier leading the way after it won a $106 million order for trams for the city of Valencia, Spain.

Bombardier shares rose 12¢, or 4.8%, to $2.62. It was also among the most actively traded issues on the index.

The energy index rose 0.57% as the price of oil rose above US$48 a barrel in the United States.

Imperial Oil rose $2.03 or 2.71% to $76.83 and Ivanhoe Energy gained 7¢, or 2.72%, to $2.64.

In economic news, Canada slashed its November trade surplus after a computer error distorted import data, The revised surplus was modest $5.4 billion, up only slightly from October’s $5.2 billion, and well below the $7.3 billion reported on Jan. 12.

The junior S&P/TSX Venture composite index slipped 13.70 points, or 0.76%, to end at 1,795.79.

In New York, merger activity fueled stock gains. Citigroup shares rose 1.4% after the bank said it plans to sell the unit to life insurer MetLife for US$11.5 billion.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 62.74 points, or 0.60%, to close at 10,489.94. The S&P 500 Index was up 9.91 points, or 0.85%, to end at 1,181.27. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index was up 26.58 points, or 1.31%, to finish at 2,062.41.

For the month, the Dow ended down 2.7%, the Nasdaq declined 5.2% and the S&P 500 slipped 2.5%.