Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Clean Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TO:BTE), which rose 9.50% or 0.61 points to trade at 7.03 at the close. Meanwhile, MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 7.74% or 0.64 points to end at 8.91 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was up 6.51% or 0.52 points to 8.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX), which fell 5.15% or 1.05 points to trade at 19.32 at the close. Centerra Gold Inc (TO:CG) declined 4.58% or 0.32 points to end at 6.67 and HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM) was down 4.17% or 0.39 points to 8.97.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 670 to 528 and 117 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (TO:VRX) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.15% or 1.05 to 19.32.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 2.33% to 9.24 a new 3-months low.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.15 to $1164.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.04% or 1.05 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 1.21 to trade at $55.54 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.33% to 0.7613, while CAD/EUR fell 0.31% to 0.7163.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.58% at 101.01.