Gold miner B2Gold CorpBTO.TO announced it will acquire Sabina Gold & Silver Corp SBB.TO in a deal valued at C$1.1 billion ($823.66 million). The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE rose 90.11 points, or 0.4%, to 20,702.23, continuing its choppy trading pattern since the start of the month. Wall Street also closed higher as investors awaited inflation data on Tuesday that is likely to hint at the path of the Federal Reserve's future interest rate hikes.