Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Clean Technology, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND), which rose 6.32% or 0.82 points to trade at 13.79 at the close. Equinox Gold Corp (TSX:EQX) added 3.52% or 0.17 points to end at 5.00 and First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) was up 2.79% or 0.35 points to 12.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TSX:AQN), which lost 14.02% or 1.73 points to trade at 10.61 in late trade. Converge Technology Solutions Corp (TSX:CTS) declined 8.14% or 0.38 points to end at 4.29 and goeasy Ltd (TSX:GSY) shed 6.38% or 8.32 points to 122.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 725 to 312 and 92 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 0.45% to 20.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 5.35 to $1,774.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.24% or 3.77 to hit $85.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.57% or 3.43 to trade at $92.56 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 0.75, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.14% to 0.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 106.72.