Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Genworth MI Canada Inc . (TSX:MIC), which rose 24.17% or 8.60 points to trade at 44.18 at the close. Husky Energy Inc . (TSX:HSE) added 11.99% or 0.38 points to end at 3.55 and Alamos Gold Inc (TSX:AGI) was up 2.99% or 0.33 points to 11.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET), which lost 9.02% or 0.35 points to trade at 3.53 in late trade. Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) declined 8.40% or 0.41 points to end at 4.47 and Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TSX:GC) shed 7.20% or 1.82 points to 23.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 898 to 172 and 100 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.70 to $1904.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.24% or 1.29 to hit $38.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.02% or 1.27 to trade at $40.80 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.50% to 0.7575, while CAD/EUR fell 0.07% to 0.6413.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.058.