Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the S&P/TSX Capped Communication Services Index, S&P/TSX Capped Health Care Index and S&P/TSX Capped Materials Index sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Baytex Energy Corp (TSX:BTE), which rose 4.65% or 0.19 points to trade at 4.28 at the close. Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) added 4.35% or 0.10 points to end at 2.40 and MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) was up 4.17% or 1.05 points to 26.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BCE Inc (TSX:BCE), which fell 9.63% or 4.32 points to trade at 40.49 in late trade. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX:BHC) declined 4.91% or 0.67 points to end at 12.98 and South Bow Corp (TSX:SOBO) down 4.35% or 1.50 points to 33.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 499 to 404 and 93 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Shares in BCE Inc (TSX:BCE) fell to 5-year lows; falling 9.63% or 4.32 to 40.49.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 4.93% to 12.77 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 2.35 to $2,746.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.12% or 2.17 to hit $71.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.95% or 2.16 to trade at $75.26 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.18% to 0.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 103.81.