Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, REITs and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR), which rose 5.94% or 0.48 points to trade at 8.56 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 3.35% or 1.83 points to end at 56.40 and Gfl Environmental Inc (TSX:GFL) was up 3.28% or 1.58 points to 49.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT), which lost 8.47% or 0.51 points to trade at 5.51 in late trade. Orla Mining Ltd (TSX:OLA) declined 8.15% or 0.40 points to end at 4.51 and Lundin Gold Inc (TSX:LUG) shed 5.50% or 0.90 points to 15.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 539 to 408 and 119 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 3.91% to 12.22.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.40% or 8.15 to $2,041.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.41% or 1.08 to hit $77.57 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.90 to trade at $81.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.26% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.71.