Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR), which rose 5.56% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.32 at the close. Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV) added 5.26% or 0.48 points to end at 9.60 and Tourmaline Oil Corp . (TSX:TOU) was up 4.51% or 2.88 points to 66.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MAG Silver Corp (TSX:MAG), which lost 4.02% or 0.80 points to trade at 19.12 in late trade. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) declined 3.92% or 0.08 points to end at 1.96 and Seabridge Gold Inc . (TSX:SEA) shed 3.46% or 0.58 points to 16.16.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 565 to 358 and 89 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 6.56% to 11.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.39% or 10.26 to $2,621.64 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.79% or 0.56 to hit $71.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.32 to trade at $74.11 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.72% to 0.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 107.88.