Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.10%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled 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 4.89% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.29 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 lost 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) shed 4.32% or 1.49 points to 33.02.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 499 to 404 and 93 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 4.93% to 12.77 a new 1-month high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 2.40 to $2,746.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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 2.97% or 2.17 to trade at $75.27 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.