Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN), which rose 5.99% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.300 at the close. Encana Corporation (TO:ECA) added 2.59% or 0.31 points to end at 12.30 and Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) was up 2.13% or 0.51 points to 24.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 6.27% or 2.29 points to trade at 34.25 in late trade. Intertain Group (TO:IT) declined 3.83% or 0.46 points to end at 11.56 and Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp (TO:CEU) shed 3.72% or 0.180 points to 4.660.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 707 to 453 and 129 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 18.38% to 15.07.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1341.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.45% or 1.09 to hit $45.57 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 1.04 to trade at $47.52 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.43% to 0.7560, while CAD/EUR fell 0.67% to 0.6718.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.