Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.26%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities , IT and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB ), which rose 13.39% or 0.49 points to trade at 4.15 at the close. Meanwhile, SSR Mining Inc (TSX:SSRM ) added 12.10% or 1.09 points to end at 10.10 and Fortuna Mining Corp (TSX:FVI ) was up 7.65% or 0.51 points to 7.18 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bird Construction Inc . (TSX:BDT ), which fell 7.12% or 2.13 points to trade at 27.79 at the close. Capital Power Corporation (TSX:CPX ) declined 6.26% or 4.25 points to end at 63.60 and Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO ) was down 5.56% or 4.80 points to 81.57.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 570 to 368 and 88 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 8.99% to 8.30 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.85% or 22.60 to $2,682.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.44% or 0.97 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 0.82 to trade at $71.94 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 0.71, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.07% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.83.

Source: Investing.com