Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which rose 9.50% or 0.61 points to trade at 7.03 at the close. MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 7.74% or 0.64 points to end at 8.91 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was up 6.51% or 0.52 points to 8.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which lost 5.15% or 1.05 points to trade at 19.32 in late trade. Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG) declined 4.58% or 0.32 points to end at 6.67 and HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) shed 4.17% or 0.39 points to 8.97.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 669 to 528 and 118 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 2.33% to 9.24 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.15 to $1164.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.04% or 1.05 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.21% or 1.20 to trade at $55.53 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.33% to 0.7613, while CAD/EUR fell 0.31% to 0.7163.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 101.02.