Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare , Energy and REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Parkland Fuel Corporation (TSX: PKI ), which rose 5.51% or 2.00 points to trade at 38.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Bird Construction Inc . (TSX: BDT ) added 4.93% or 1.14 points to end at 24.25 and G Mining Ventures Corp (TSX: GMIN ) was up 4.64% or 0.87 points to 19.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bausch Health Companies Inc (TSX: BHC ), which fell 8.70% or 0.65 points to trade at 6.82 at the close. Secure Energy Services Inc . (TSX: SES ) declined 6.74% or 0.92 points to end at 12.72 and Baytex Energy Corp (TSX: BTE ) was down 6.61% or 0.15 points to 2.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 468 to 418 and 76 ended unchanged.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.65% to 18.47.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 2.97% or 96.44 to $3,339.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.92% or 1.12 to hit $57.17 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.63% or 1.00 to trade at $60.29 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.16% to 0.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.63.