Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB), which rose 13.39% or 0.49 points to trade at 4.15 at the close. SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM) added 12.10% or 1.09 points to end at 10.10 and Fortuna Mining Corp (TSX:FVI) was up 7.65% or 0.51 points to 7.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bird Construction Inc . (TSX:BDT), which lost 7.12% or 2.13 points to trade at 27.79 in late trade. Capital Power Corporation (TSX:CPX) declined 6.26% or 4.25 points to end at 63.60 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO) shed 5.56% or 4.80 points to 81.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 570 to 368 and 88 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 8.99% to 8.30 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.85% or 22.66 to $2,682.26 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.44% or 0.97 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.83 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.07% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.84.