Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Village Farms International Inc (TSX:VFF), which rose 6.09% or 0.68 points to trade at 11.85 at the close. Home Capital Group Inc . (TSX:HCG) added 5.91% or 2.35 points to end at 42.10 and Canaccord Genuity Group Inc (TSX:CF) was up 5.06% or 0.71 points to 14.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OrganiGram Holdings Inc (TSX:OGI), which lost 13.30% or 0.48 points to trade at 3.13 in late trade. Vermilion Energy Inc . (TSX:VET) declined 5.96% or 0.53 points to end at 8.36 and Altus Group Limited (TSX:AIF) shed 5.53% or 3.77 points to 64.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 658 to 327 and 103 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 unchanged 0% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 11.30 to $1789.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.38% or 0.94 to hit $67.27 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.85 to trade at $69.74 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.40% to 0.7954, while CAD/EUR fell 0.23% to 0.6752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.623.