Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Materials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED), which rose 7.95% or 4.740 points to trade at 64.380 at the close. Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG) added 7.48% or 0.41 points to end at 5.89 and Enerplus Corporation (TO:ERF) was up 6.83% or 0.82 points to 12.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Interfor Corp (TO:IFP), which lost 8.07% or 1.30 points to trade at 14.81 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TO:CFP) declined 5.52% or 0.77 points to end at 13.19 and Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG) shed 4.83% or 0.34 points to 6.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 544 to 505 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 6.05% to 10.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.85 to $1276.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.51% or 1.61 to hit $65.68 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $74.11 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7492, while CAD/EUR rose 0.04% to 0.6655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 96.963.