Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.29%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Staples , Healthcare and Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB ), which rose 9.74% or 0.52 points to trade at 5.86 at the close. Meanwhile, EQB Inc (TSX:EQB ) added 7.73% or 7.66 points to end at 106.73 and Superior Plus Corp (TSX:SPB ) was up 4.97% or 0.31 points to 6.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Orla Mining Ltd (TSX:OLA ), which fell 6.14% or 0.53 points to trade at 8.10 at the close. Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u ) declined 5.89% or 2.04 points to end at 32.60 and Aecon Group Inc . (TSX:ARE ) was down 5.73% or 1.55 points to 25.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 480 to 459 and 91 ended unchanged.

Shares in BlackBerry Ltd (TSX:BB ) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.74% or 0.52 to 5.86.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 1.86% to 11.53.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.29% or 7.61 to $2,647.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.76% or 0.56 to hit $73.40 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.32 to trade at $76.19 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.82% to 0.70, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.06% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 108.07.

Source: Investing.com