Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which rose 8.03% or 1.68 points to trade at 22.61 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) added 5.68% or 0.73 points to end at 13.59 and Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) was up 4.34% or 0.49 points to 11.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ShawCor Ltd . (TO:SCL), which lost 5.82% or 1.63 points to trade at 26.37 in late trade. Home Capital Group Inc . (TO:HCG) declined 4.67% or 0.87 points to end at 17.74 and Element Fleet Management Corp (TO:EFN) shed 3.67% or 0.33 points to 8.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 620 to 460 and 150 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 30.09% to 8.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.92% or 11.60 to $1244.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.93% or 0.40 to hit $43.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.33 to trade at $46.08 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7544, while CAD/EUR rose 0.25% to 0.6751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.11.