Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which rose 8.21% or 1.73 points to trade at 22.81 at the close. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) added 8.13% or 0.300 points to end at 3.990 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) was up 4.39% or 0.21 points to 4.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Secure Energy Services Inc . (TO:SES), which lost 5.86% or 0.68 points to trade at 10.92 in late trade. Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) declined 5.65% or 1.69 points to end at 28.22 and Whitecap Resources Inc . (TO:WCP) shed 5.57% or 0.63 points to 10.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 587 to 583 and 126 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 10.81% to 12.81.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.95% or 11.45 to $1216.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.62% or 0.33 to hit $52.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.13 to trade at $55.36 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.49% to 0.7542, while CAD/EUR rose 0.03% to 0.7017.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 100.14.