Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc . (TSX:RBA), which rose 3.23% or 2.59 points to trade at 82.89 at the close. Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX:ATH) added 3.13% or 0.10 points to end at 3.29 and Gfl Environmental Inc (TSX:GFL) was up 2.29% or 0.98 points to 43.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX:SES), which lost 19.57% or 1.65 points to trade at 6.78 in late trade. Cargojet Inc (TSX:CJT) declined 10.79% or 13.49 points to end at 111.50 and Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL) shed 5.26% or 1.17 points to 21.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 598 to 403 and 102 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 1.92% to 11.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 2.25 to $1,852.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.10% or 0.88 to hit $80.56 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.47 to trade at $86.30 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.73, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.52% to 0.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.28.