Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED), which rose 13.92% or 3.440 points to trade at 28.160 at the close. Hexo Corp (TSX:HEXO) added 8.60% or 0.2400 points to end at 3.0300 and Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB) was up 8.10% or 0.260 points to 3.470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO), which lost 6.87% or 0.89 points to trade at 12.07 in late trade. Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) declined 6.33% or 0.050 points to end at 0.740 and Semafo Inc . (TSX:SMF) shed 3.88% or 0.10 points to 2.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 542 to 505 and 142 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 5.11% to 16.24 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1465.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.35% or 0.21 to hit $58.99 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.27 to trade at $64.12 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.18% to 0.7557, while CAD/EUR rose 0.12% to 0.6831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.625.