Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG), which rose 15.90% or 0.66 points to trade at 4.81 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD) added 10.23% or 1.34 points to end at 14.44 and MTY Food Group Inc (TSX:MTY) was up 9.00% or 4.48 points to 54.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP), which lost 14.71% or 2.55 points to trade at 14.79 in late trade. ShawCor Ltd . (TSX:SCL) declined 10.62% or 1.15 points to end at 9.68 and Cronos Group Inc (TSX:CRON) shed 10.06% or 0.95 points to 8.49.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 952 to 174 and 75 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 April delivery was up 0.67% or 11.10 to $1659.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.97% or 2.12 to hit $51.26 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 4.12% or 2.39 to trade at $55.55 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.28% to 0.7526, while CAD/EUR fell 0.38% to 0.6933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 99.210.