Canada Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, with losses in the Utilities, Healthcare, and IT sectors leading the declines.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.25%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite included:
– Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (TSX:CNQ): rose 3.30% or 1.59 points to trade at 49.81.
– MDA Ltd (TSX:MDA): added 3.12% or 0.60 points to end at 19.81.
– Imperial Oil Ltd (TSX:IMO): up 3.04% or 3.19 points to 107.98.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG): fell 9.50% or 0.65 points to trade at 6.19.
– Fortuna Mining Corp (TSX:FVI): declined 8.57% or 0.57 points to end at 6.08.
– Emera Incorporated (TSX:EMA): down 4.97% or 2.59 points to 49.55.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 549 to 397, with 94 ending unchanged.

Shares in MDA Ltd and Imperial Oil Ltd reached all-time highs during the session.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.62% to 10.97.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 5.80 to $2,662.00 a troy ounce.
• In commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.91% or 2.91 to hit $77.29 a barrel.
• The December Brent oil contract rose 3.86% or 3.01 to trade at $81.06 a barrel.

Currency Update

• CAD/USD remained unchanged at 0.73.
• CAD/EUR also remained unchanged at 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 102.26.