Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO), which rose 7.38% or 1.45 points to trade at 21.10 at the close. Detour Gold Corporation (TSX:DGC) added 6.03% or 1.29 points to end at 22.68 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) was up 4.82% or 0.440 points to 9.570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB), which lost 16.67% or 0.60 points to trade at 3.00 in late trade. Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA) declined 10.97% or 0.620 points to end at 5.030 and Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO) shed 10.21% or 0.2400 points to 2.1100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 557 to 495 and 138 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 7.23% to 9.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 3.05 to $1471.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.44% or 0.83 to hit $57.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.61% or 1.02 to trade at $62.28 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7573, while CAD/EUR fell 0.09% to 0.6839.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 97.692.