Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TO:SSL), which rose 5.15% or 0.290 points to trade at 5.920 at the close. Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) added 4.63% or 0.44 points to end at 9.94 and North West Company Inc . (TO:NWC) was up 4.19% or 1.17 points to 29.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Mining Corporation (TO:LUN), which lost 7.74% or 0.640 points to trade at 7.630 in late trade. Stella-Jones Inc. (TO:SJ) declined 7.47% or 3.19 points to end at 39.50 and Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) shed 6.12% or 0.54 points to 8.28.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 599 to 525 and 141 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 4.76% to 12.01.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.53% or 6.30 to $1202.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.52% or 0.27 to hit $52.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.70 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7586, while CAD/EUR fell 0.06% to 0.7156.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 101.53.