Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TSX:FVI), which rose 17.11% or 0.71 points to trade at 4.89 at the close. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) added 3.84% or 1.23 points to end at 33.23 and Ero Copper Corp (TSX:ERO) was up 3.30% or 0.58 points to 18.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN), which lost 16.17% or 1.725 points to trade at 8.945 in late trade. Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE) declined 9.51% or 2.65 points to end at 25.23 and Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED) shed 8.32% or 1.030 points to 11.350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 799 to 256 and 95 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 7.61% to 16.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.77% or 13.95 to $1790.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.67% or 1.89 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.30% or 1.69 to trade at $71.83 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.44% to 0.7725, while CAD/EUR fell 0.70% to 0.6852.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.535.