Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL), which rose 11.08% or 1.04 points to trade at 10.43 at the close. Stelco Holdings Inc (TSX:STLC) added 9.69% or 3.72 points to end at 42.12 and Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT) was up 7.24% or 6.77 points to 100.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH_u), which lost 6.94% or 0.50 points to trade at 6.70 in late trade. Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc (TSX:ZZZ) declined 4.59% or 1.16 points to end at 24.10 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) shed 4.59% or 0.60 points to 12.46.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 596 to 394 and 96 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 10.26% to 11.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 7.05 to $1,939.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.72% or 0.60 to hit $82.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.50 to trade at $86.31 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.74, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.29% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 103.04.