Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TransAlta Corp (TO:TA), which rose 5.56% or 0.34 points to trade at 6.45 at the close. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TO:WFT) added 4.33% or 1.90 points to end at 45.75 and Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) was up 3.43% or 0.30 points to 9.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NuVista Energy Ltd . (TO:NVA), which lost 9.42% or 0.620 points to trade at 5.960 in late trade. Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) declined 8.31% or 0.49 points to end at 5.41 and Concordia Healthcare Corp (TO:CXR) shed 7.67% or 1.96 points to 23.59.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 668 to 474 and 136 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 6.67% to 13.43.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.62% or 8.30 to $1323.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.58% or 1.14 to hit $43.05 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.23% or 1.03 to trade at $45.06 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.64% to 0.7568, while CAD/EUR fell 0.74% to 0.6886.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.31.