Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Sierra Wireless Inc . (TO:SW), which rose 8.21% or 1.73 points to trade at 22.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) added 8.13% or 0.300 points to end at 3.990 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) was up 4.39% or 0.21 points to 4.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Secure Energy Services Inc . (TO:SES), which fell 5.86% or 0.68 points to trade at 10.92 at the close. Peyto Exploration&Development Corp (TO:PEY) declined 5.65% or 1.69 points to end at 28.22 and Whitecap Resources Inc . (TO:WCP) was down 5.57% or 0.63 points to 10.69.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 587 to 583 and 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) rose to 3-years highs; rising 8.13% or 0.300 to 3.990.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 10.81% to 12.81.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.95% or 11.45 to $1216.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.62% or 0.33 to hit $52.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.13 to trade at $55.36 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.49% to 0.7542, while CAD/EUR rose 0.03% to 0.7017.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 100.14.