Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE), which rose 6.83% or 1.30 points to trade at 20.33 at the close. Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES) added 6.12% or 0.27 points to end at 4.68 and GENIVAR Inc . (TSX:WSP) was up 4.67% or 3.57 points to 80.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO), which lost 6.64% or 0.3600 points to trade at 5.0600 in late trade. Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) declined 6.34% or 0.37 points to end at 5.47 and Tourmaline Oil Corp . (TSX:TOU) shed 4.86% or 0.57 points to 11.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 523 to 506 and 117 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 4.21% to 13.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.93% or 14.05 to $1498.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $52.80 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $58.41 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7515, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 98.675.