Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sprott Inc . (TSX:SII), which rose 7.02% or 3.31 points to trade at 50.45 at the close. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd . (TSX:AEM) added 5.37% or 3.41 points to end at 66.87 and Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:WDO) was up 4.54% or 0.58 points to 13.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which lost 7.51% or 0.880 points to trade at 10.830 in late trade. Trisura Group Ltd (TSX:TSU) declined 6.27% or 2.52 points to end at 37.68 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) shed 4.69% or 0.24 points to 4.88.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 716 to 332 and 94 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 30.67% to 32.98 a new 5-year high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.72% or 31.75 to $1873.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.86% or 1.73 to hit $94.83 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 1.40 to trade at $95.84 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.06% to 0.7855, while CAD/EUR rose 0.54% to 0.6952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.325.