Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aritzia Inc (TSX:ATZ), which rose 5.08% or 2.37 points to trade at 49.01 at the close. Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) added 3.14% or 2.06 points to end at 67.70 and TransAlta Corp (TSX:TA) was up 2.65% or 0.42 points to 16.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lightspeed Commerce Inc (TSX:LSPD), which lost 8.23% or 2.16 points to trade at 24.09 in late trade. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) declined 8.03% or 0.96 points to end at 10.99 and South Bow Corp (TSX:SOBO) shed 5.90% or 2.18 points to 34.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 636 to 312 and 91 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 down 9.30% to 10.04 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.75% or 20.18 to $2,660.82 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $68.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $71.94 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.27% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 106.39.