Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Hexo Corp (TO:HEXO), which rose 6.01% or 0.6300 points to trade at 11.1100 at the close. Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 4.11% or 2.760 points to end at 69.900 and Cineplex Inc . (TO:CGX) was up 3.13% or 0.78 points to 25.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NovaGold Resources Inc (TO:NG), which lost 4.32% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.32 in late trade. New Gold Inc (TO:NGD) declined 4.20% or 0.050 points to end at 1.140 and MAG Silver Corp (TO:MAG) shed 4.09% or 0.56 points to 13.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 554 to 512 and 121 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.56% to 11.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.55% or 7.15 to $1281.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $71.52 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7433, while CAD/EUR rose 0.07% to 0.6645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 97.578.